Ballos

Ballos is the true antagonist and final boss fought prior to the "best" ending of Cave Story. He was the younger brother of Jenka, uncle of Misery and the direct creator of the Demon Crown.

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Ballos
First FormSecond FormThird FormFourth Form “ Welcome! I am Ballos. Long, long ago I allowed my drive for magical power to grow recklessly without fear of enduring any retribution. A magic so powerful that even its own master was helpess to contain it... So furious and unstoppable was this force... ...that its fire consumed the child who adored me, and the wife who loved me... They were swallowed by its flames and suffered dearly. ...All because of my selfish transgression. My eyes were affixed and I was unable to turn away from the fiery horror... Created within my own magic. I could only laugh then... Jenka sealed me away, with my magic raging more violently with each passing minute. I've waited for this... For the person who will bring my immense magical fury to its end... Now, kill me! Or- I WILL KILL YOU!!! „ ~ Ballos to Quote and Curly Brace
Origin
Origin	Cave Story
Creator	Daisuke Amaya
First Appearance	Cave Story
Characteristics
Species	Unknown
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/Him
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Unknown
Status	Deceased
Alignment	Lawful Good (Originally); Chaotic Evil (After imprisonment)
Archetype	Dark Lord
Occupation	None
Time Period	Unknown
Language	Unknown
Homeworld	Unknown
Relationships
Affiliations	Jenka (Formerly)
Enemies	Jenka, Misery, Quote, Curly Brace

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Ballos' story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Ballos lived at the same time a king was ruling over the land. Like Jenka, Ballos possessed magical powers and used these for the benefit of the people. He became well-received and grew in popularity over the king. As a result of their admiration for Ballos, the king became jealous and imprisoned Ballos. Ballos was brutally tortured, to the point where he allowed his magical powers to rampage. Consumed with unfathomable hatred and anger, Ballos destroyed the king and reduced the kingdom - along with his wife and child - to ashes. Jenka saw her brother's actions and eventually sealed him to the floating island, unable to kill her own brother. At some point, Ballos created the Demon Crown under Misery's forced orders. Subsequently, Misery was cursed by the Crown, along with Balrog. In the "Best" Ending, upon Quote and Curly reaching his chamber, Ballos greets them. Forebodingly however, having been sealed away in isolation for ages, he asks them of the task to be the ones to put him to rest in death once and for all, to atone for his atrocities. With the last remains of his humanity slipping away, Ballos' inhumane and insane rage takes ahold of him, prompting the ultimate battle that would decide the fate of the Island. Ballos is ultimately killed by Quote and Curly Brace, breaking the curse Misery and Balrog were under.

General Information

Name: Ballos

Origin: Cave Story

First Appearance: Cave Story

Latest Appearance: Crystal Crisis (Latest non-canon appearance, appears as a playable character), The Binding of Isaac (Latest non-canon appearance, appears as a card)

Company: Studio Pixel, Nicalis (Publishers for the Wii, DSI, and Cave Story+ versions), NIS America (Publishers for Cave Story 3D)

Creator: Daisuke Amaya (The initial creator)

Assigned Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Unknown

Residence: Seal Chamber

Story Role: Hidden Villain, Secret Villain

Classification: Magician

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: None

Affiliations: Jenka (Formerly, his sister)

Enemies: Jenka (Sealed him away), Misery (Placed a curse on her after she made him make the Demon Crown), Quote, Curly Brace

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased (Killed by Quote and Curly Brace)

Date of Death: Cave Story Best Ending

Alignment: Initially Lawful Good (Ballos originally led and protected the people with his magical powers to where they loved and trusted him even more than their own king), Chaotic Evil after unfair punishment (The resentful King was jealous of the love and trust Ballos received from his people and he imrprisoned him, punishing him severely. This drove Ballos into a state of pure and uncontrollable rage, where the king and the kingdom were swallowed by his wild magical force. Ballos was driven insane by his punishment)

Threat Level: Metropolitan Threat (Ballos' wild magical force burned down the entire kingdom)

Archetypal Tiering: Dark Lord

Codex Statistics

Grade: S (Ballos is noted to have magical powers unlike anyone could imagine. The supreme magical power of his eternally enraged soul can restore the Demon Crown anew an infinite number of times as long as his heart beats. Noted his magic is beyond any control)

Tier: At least 9-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Room level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Quote and Curly Brace, who can take an explosion that covered an entire room)

Durability: At least Room level (Can take multiple hits from Quote's weapons)

Striking Strength: At least Room Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Physically superior to Quote, who is able to lift Curly Brace on his back while traveling through the Labyrinth, with it not hampering his movement at all)

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level

Attack Speed: Transonic (Can tag Quote, who can hit missiles/rockets before they can tag him, which move around 300 m/s)

Reaction Speed: Transonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Fought against Quote and Curly Brace utilizing fourth different forms until ultimately dying)

Range: Standard Melee, Kilometers with Magic (Ballos' wild magical force burned down the entire kingdom)

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Ballos created the Demon Crown, a crown of immense magical power)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Ballos is noted to have magical powers unlike anyone could imagine. The supreme magical power of his eternally enraged soul can restore the Demon Crown anew an infinite number of times as long as his heart beats. Noted his magic is beyond any control)

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Powers and Techniques

First FormSecond FormThird FormFourth Form

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed (Attack Speed)
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Magic (Ballos is noted to have magical powers unlike anyone could imagine. The supreme magical power of his eternally enraged soul can restore the Demon Crown anew an infinite number of times as long as his heart beats. Noted his magic is beyond any control)
• Flight (Can fly around to charge in and attack)
• Creation (Ballos created the Demon Crown)
• Restoration (The Demon Crown will be restored anew an infinite number of times so long as Ballos' heart beats)
• Immortality (Unknown Type; Noted that Ballos is unable to die)
• Shockwave Generation (Creates massive shockwaves that petrude outwards when he lands)
• Fire Manipulation (Ballos' wild magical force burned down the entire kingdom)
• Electricity Manipulation (Shoots down lightning bolts to attack with)
• Curse Manipulation (Due to Misery forcing Ballos to create the Demon Crown, she was cursed by the Crown, compelled to obey whoever possesses it, with the Crown being instrinsictly tied to Ballos)

All previous powers and abilities.

• Large Size (At least Supersized; Far larger then Quote in size)
• Inorganic Physiology (Exists as a spherical stone object)

All previous powers and abilities.

• Creation (Creates miniature eyes that circle around him)
• Smoke Manipulation (Shoots down massive clouds of smoke)

All previous powers and abilities.

• Summoning (Summons enemies to help him)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Other

Standard Tactics:

• First Form: Ballos will start off charging into the opponent and slamming into the ground leaving behind shockwaves, he will also fly around and shoot down lightning.
• Second Form: Ballos emerges as a giant head and repeatedly slams on the ground, causing shockwaves to appear.
• Third Form: Ballos creates minature heads that spin around him that must all be shot to open his eyes into his fourth form.
• Fourth Form: Ballos does a similar strategy with his thrid form and summons enemies.

Weaknesses: His red eye seems to be a weak point.

Trivia

• Ballos' Halloween appearance is based off of Astaroth from the Ghosts 'n Goblins series.
• Ballos and Doctor are the only bosses with different songs playing during their fight.
• Some of the boss fight songs may have been named after Ballos' attacks.
  • Gravity: It plays during the first form, Ballos flies around in screen and stays in mid-air when he uses the thunder attack.
  • Eyes of Flame: It plays during the second form, you have to fire at his eyes in order to damage him.
  • Last Battle: It plays during the last 2 phases, this is the final battle in the game.

Battle Records

0-1-0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

None.

• Quote & Curly Brace - Fight
  • Conditions: Quote and Curly teamed up
  • Location: Seal Chamber

None.