@Cyborg_pony
Did you know Bloodlines is the prequel to the Portrait of Ruins game on the DS?
Bloodlines took place during WW1, that’s why there were gatling skeletons and a level that took place in a munitions factory in Germany.
Portrait of Ruins took place in WW2. And also hosts the most chronologically latest battle against Dracula before the supposed Demon Castle Wars in 1999 where Julius Belmont allegedly destroyed Dracula once and for all. Jonathan Morris is likely the one who passed the Whip to Julius.
Speaking of Julius Belmont. He is 56 in Dawn of Sorrows, which takes place in 2036. That mean Julius was born in 1980, and he would be 19 during the Demon Castle Wars when he killed Dracula. Another thing to take note is that Julius being born and grew up during the 1980s and 90s gives him a unique opportunity in the Belmont Clan for him to play the classic Castlevania games :). It’s just a cute idea I have on how Julius did his “training” for the big showdown. ;)