Wataru eventually became its master through Kivat from his mother Maya. While dormant, it assumes the form of a building to conceal itself in plain sight, invisible to ordinary people.
When exposed to moonlight, or when Kiva performs his finishing move or uses the Doran Fuestle, Castle Doran awakens and assumes its true form. Due to its unique abilities of sealing defeated Fangires, Castle Doran is home to the Arm Monsters, who are in now servitude of Wataru while being maintained on the Life Energy of the sealed Fangires that Castle Doran devours. In battle, Castle Doran can use Magic Missiles, firing the towers on its castle, and spit out Pod Shoots from its mouth. It can also breath fire as well as drain the life energy of others.
Publication Information
- Base : Castle Doran
- Japanese : キャッスルドラン
- Ally Type : Base/Living mech
- Season : Kamen Rider Kiva
- Homeworld : Wyvern
- First Appearance : Fate: Wake Up!
- Last Appearance : Neverending Story
Personality
A somewhat sleepy creature, Castle Doran has a personality of it's own. While it's original personality is unknown, it seems that years of servitude to the Fangires have caused Castle Doran to become unstable without a master or caretaker for it. This is shown when the King of Fangires was defeated, thus causing Castle Doran to go rampant until the Arm Monsters intervened.
It was also shown that Castle Doran has (or had) no qualms on killing a innocent human as it drained Otoya`s life energy when commanded by it`s former master. It seems that having the Arm Monsters and Wataru has changed it for the better though, as it helped Kiva fight Fangires and Sabbats later on. It should also be noted that Castle Doran seems to care for its offspring as shown when both of them appeared together in the series.
World of the Rider War
The World of the Rider War is the iteration of reality where the Rider War takes place and is the reality that is the confluence of the Nine Worlds. The backdrop used to enter this world depicts all nine of the Heisei Riders, the DenLiner, Dragredder, Castle Doran, and Ryokuōzaru rushing at Decade, mirroring the very opening scene of the series, Kamen Rider Decade.
World within the Magic Stone
During the 14 Heisei Kamen Riders' battle against Amadum's monsters in the World within the Magic Stone, when various giant and flying monsters appeared, Kiva boarded Castle Doran, fighting alongside the other Riders pulling off their various tricks and attacking Cancer Supernova by breathing fire.
A.R. World
World of Kiva
Castle Doran
- Castle Doran
- Height : 32m
- Length : 41m
- Weight : 18,000t
- Estimated age : 320 years old (32 in dragon years)
- Maximum walking speed : 80km/h
- Flight speed : 120km/h
- Fuestles
- There are two Doran Fuestles, in the possession of Kamen Riders Kiva and Dark Kiva respectively. Kiva uses his Doran Fuestle to summon Castle Doran. Dark Kiva would be able to use his Doran Fuestle to do the same, however, it was never used. Wataru's Doran Fuestle is inherited by Kamen Rider New Kiva in 2031.
