A story that is a rewritten version of the original Worlds of Power story released in 1990 based on CastleVania II : Simon’s Quest. "The Measure of a Man" follows the adventures of Devante White, a modern-day black teenager with an unpleasant past in L.A., whose nightly visions of the Belmont Clan’s past becomes a reality when Simon Belmont appears in his High School, seeking an assistant on his quest to end the curse Dracula left him with after the events of the original CastleVania.

Basically the same story but with a different, less quirky main character (i.e. no Tim Bradley), all facts and history about CastleVania corrected, almost all of the campy, goofy humor removed, follows the actual game much closer, and is retold with a darker, grittier edge that is far truer to the spirit of the CastleVania series than Christopher Howell’s original work was. A couple of other big changes : CastleVania is no longer regarded as being in another dimension as Howell wrote, but being Dracula’s castle, as the game series states; the villain Thanatos has been accurately changed to the Grim Reaper/Death. Brand new additions include a new prologue, epilogue, chapter, and snippets from other moments in a variety of CastleVania games (and even an excerpt from Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel) among other storyline revisions and additions throughout.

The same story as the published novel, yes, but told in a slightly grittier light.

Revision 3 has been revised with new storyline points and new CastleVania lore discovered from the newer games in the series. It is available in both Word 2000 format and .HTML in the below .ZIP.

• DOWNLOAD THE WORD 2000 / .TXT STORY HERE

For those interested in other Worlds of Power novels, you can download my similar transcription of the Blaster Master novel, available in Word 97 & .HTML format here.

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