From the introduction: You know the story of Dracula and the Belmonts. With the Lord of Shadows ever returning, and the vampire killers ever standing in his way. Eventually, a true and final death will await him, a grand battle held just prior to the turn of the millennium. But this is not that story. Nor, it seems, is it a story in which the Belmont will even be appearing. Not even one of their many offshoots or side families. No, instead the investigation of the unusual activity in Castlevania will be held by a young elven girl by the name of Karen.