
He tells Juste to kill him off while he still can restrain his evil side, but then, Dracula's remains start to fly away from Juste and form a circle. He notices that Juste is wearing both his own and Maxim's bracelets and, newly motivated by his friend, tries to fight off the dark influence. Even though Maxim is severely wounded in the fight, he stands up uneasily, clutching his head. After taunting Juste, he proceeds to battle him. When they meet, Evil Maxim welcomes him, claiming that he doesn't have any remains of old Maxim living within him, and that thanks to the blood of Lydie, he's gained great power. After locating Lydie and the remains, Juste goes confront Evil Maxim again.

Knowing this, Juste set out to collect the remains himself so that he could destroy them in order to save both Maxim and Lydie.

Something went wrong, however, and Maxim wound up possessed by Dracula's evil influence. Juste hurried into the castle as Maxim recuperated in the entry way, promising to join Juste later.Īs the story unfolds, Juste discovers that Maxim, in his eagerness to prove himself, had attempted to emulate the actions of Simon Belmont he had gathered Dracula's remains in an attempt to resurrect the Dark Count, so that he could defeat Dracula himself. Even so, he was able to lead Juste to the site of the disappearance, where they encountered a castle that hadn't been there previously.

Maxim had also lost a great deal of his memory of the events of the past 2 years. Two years later, Maxim returned from his training expedition, badly wounded and with startling news: a childhood friend of Juste and Maxim by the name of Lydie Erlanger had been kidnapped. Two years prior to the game's beginning, Maxim Kischine left on a training expedition in order to cope with his self doubt after Juste Belmont was chosen over him to receive the legendary whip of the Belmont Clan, the Vampire Killer. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is chronologically set 50 years after Castlevania II: Simon's Quest and 44 years before Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
