Galamoth

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“	You again, tiny one? This time you'll feel the power of King Garamoth, ruler of space.	„
	~ Garamoth to Kid Dracula

Background

Galamoth, also referred to as King Garamoth among other name variants, is a boss character in the Castlevania & Kid Dracula series. He is a powerful magical being with a long-term goal of overthrowing the throne of the Netherworld, a plan spanning 10,000 years.

Originally serving as the primary antagonist in the Famicom game Kid Dracula, Garamoth was later introduced into the Castlevania series in the 1997 PlayStation game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. In this game, he appears as an optional boss found in the Floating Catacombs. Garamoth possesses the ability to unleash powerful electric attacks from his scepter.

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King Garamoth originally served as the main antagonist and final boss of the Famicom game Kid Dracula (as well as its Game Boy adaptation). His appearance in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night presents one of the toughest battles in the game. In this installment, he was renamed simply as Galamoth, which is the name most commonly recognized by Western audiences. Galamoth also makes a cameo in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, appearing as an Ability Soul that grants the power to see through areas blocked by time. In Castlevania Judgment, Galamoth plays a key role in the plot as the power behind the main antagonist, though he himself does not physically appear in the game. He seeks to claim the throne by eradicating the time period during which Dracula ruled, sending his minion, the Time Reaper, on what is presumed to be an assassination mission.

General Information

Name: Garamoth

Other Names: Garamos, Galamoth, Demon Lord Galamoth, Garamoth the Magnificent, King Galamoth

Origin: Kid Dracula

First Appearance: Kid Dracula

Latest Appearance: Castlevania Judgment (Mentioned by Time Reaper), Castlevania: Moonlight Rhaposdy

Company: Konami

Creator: Hitoshi Akamatsu, Koji Igarashi

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Unknown

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Main Antagonist (In the Kid Dracula series), Supporting Antagonist

Classification: Dark Lord, Demon Lord, Child of the Night

Species: Demon

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Demon Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God

Occupation: None

Affiliations: Time Reaper

Enemies: Alucard, Dracula

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Deceased

Date of Death: 1797 (In Symphony of the Night), 10,000 years later (In Kid Dracula (NES) and Kid Dracula (Game Boy))

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Sent his servant to destroy the fabric of time in order to kill Dracula and make himself the dark lord)

Threat Level: Cosmic Threat (Garamoth is the ruler of space, sent his servant Time Reaper from 10,000 years in the future to destroy the very fabric of time, requiring Aeon to mend the fabric of time)

Codex Statistics

Key: Symphony of the Night | Kid Dracula (NES) | Kid Dracula (Game Boy)

Key Information

• Symphony of the Night: This key covers Garamoth in Symphony of the Night, primarily his boss fight.
• Kid Dracula (NES): This key covers Garamoth in the famicon port of Kid Dracula.
• Kid Dracula (Game Boy): This key covers Garamoth in the Game Boy port of Kid Dracula.

Grade: S | S | S

Tier: At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm 1700s Alucard, who can kill 1700s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, with such power making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgement, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results. Can harm and fight against enemies stronger than characters who can take hits from neutron bomb, that have a yield range of 1-10 kilotons of TNT) | At least Town level (Potency) (The ruler of space, who seeks Dracula's throne of darkness, where Time Reaper is a mere servant of Garamoth, who can fight against Golem from Castlevania Judgment) | At least Town level (Potency) (It was noted that he's much stronger than he ever was)

Durability: At least Town level | At least Town level | At least Town level

Striking Strength: At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency) | At least Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Should be superior to Hector's Battle-Type innocent devils who can move entire tree logs that are blocking roads out of the way where logs can weigh around 15 to 5 tons and Hector's battle-type innocent devils can lift open large iron doors that "no man could force open") | At least Class 10 | At least Class 10

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light (The ruler of space, who seeks Dracula's throne of darkness, making him faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances) | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light | At least Superhuman. At most Faster Than Light

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 1700s Alucard, who in turn can tag 1700s Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, making him faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances) | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light | At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman+ (Has been alive for over 10,000 years attempting to gain the throne and become the Dark Lord)

Range: Tens of Meters through sheer size (Garamoth massively towers over Alucard in size), Universal with abilities (Garamoth is the ruler of space, sent his servant Time Reaper from 10,000 years in the future to destroy the very fabric of time, requiring Aeon to mend the fabric of time)

Intelligence: Supergenius Intelligence (Garamoth is a master of magic, where magic requires one to have a deep understanding of Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest, requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification". Able to utilize sub-weapons that possess great attack and power which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do)

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (The ruler of space, who seeks Dracula's throne of darkness, where Time Reaper is a mere servant of Garamoth. Spending over 10,000 years preparing for his ascension)

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Powers and Techniques

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Even the smallest creatures of the night can destroy a bridge, one of Dracula's bats easily destroyed a stone ground block), Intimidation (Creatures of the nights appearances can cause one to have their body's cells cry out in terror), Immortality (Ageless; The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Creatures of the Night can continue to exist even as a spirit and use their spirit form to form bodies out of inanimate material around them), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Creatures of the Night do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will), Empowerment (Creatures of the night are empowered by the night, becoming stronger when it's night time), Evolution (Creatures of chaos can inherit evil natures awakening into stronger enemies with new abilities and less weaknesses), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; Creatures of chaos can be brought back to life from the power of hate. This has also been shown with slain heads reviving as an angry wraith), Regeneration (Mid-Godly overtime; Even the castle from Castlevania is a Creature of Chaos, where they are always rebirth from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form, with this state being referred to as a "regeneration cycle"), Invisibility (Creatures of Chaos possess a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Darkness Manipulation & Subjective Reality (Creatures of chaos very existence causes dark powers to flow beyond the control of the Elgos' grimoires, due to them collecting documented information on Dracula and his castle. Causing their power to materialize in the real world in the form of monsters. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly. It is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos. Their vital souls are causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle, or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires, Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten, where if the contents of the book change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Law Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Creatures of the night alterations of the Grimoire can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger than them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others).

Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (All enemies in Castlevania III: Dracula's curse can eventually break out of being frozen from Sypha's ice magic. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time. Some creatures of chaos are immune to time stop, normally being boss-level creatures), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time)

Non-Standard Interaction (Extra-Planar Interaction; Magic is able to interact with beings such as Camilla Fernandez, Physical attacks are difficult to land as Camilla lives in the Astral plane, and her earthly body is completely ethereal), Limited Immersion & Dimensional Travel (Magic users can align their magic with the magic of another to enter into painting worlds), Summoning (Magic can be used in order to summon weapons and items inscribed in grimoires)

Acrobatics (Can jump high and far distances if his wings are removed), Large Size (Building Sized; Garamoth massively towers over Alucard in size), Weapon Mastery (Scepter Mastery; Galamoth wields his scepter, using it to shoot various lightning attacks out of it), Afterimage Creation (Moved so fast that two afterimages of him appeared before he fully appeared), Flight (Able to fly around with his wings), Energy Absorption (Galamoth can get hearts out of objects and enemies, where hearts are a measure of one's stored energy, thus one is absorbing energy when gaining hearts), Contact Damage (Deals damage upon contact with him), Breath Attack & Fire Manipulation (Can shoot out fireballs from his breath), Darkness Manipulation & Electricity Manipulation (Can shoot lightning bolts out of his hands. Can shoot out dark electrical orbs to target his opponent. Can shoot out electricity waves. Can shoot lightning downwards out of his scepter that homes right on his opponent).

Resistance to Time Stop (Galamoth's soul grants Soma Cruz an immunity to time stop. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time)

Large Size (Building Sized; The Time Reaper is as large as a regular building), Energy Absorption (Time Reaper can get hearts out of objects and enemies, where hearts are a measure of one's stored energy, thus one is absorbing energy when gaining hearts), Bestowal (The Time Rift is a place for one to get what they desire most), Battlefield Removal (The Time Reaper has trapped, all the souls imprisoned in the rift, an alternate universe where they are brought across different time periods, with his defeat sending them back to their respective eras, including beings outside of time like Aeon), Energy Projection (Can shoot out dark energy balls), Homing Attack (Can send out three blue skeleton heads that home in on their target), Power Modification (Time Reaper had Cornell's powers run amok, trapping him in beast form while he was in the time rift), Space-Time Manipulation (The Time Reaper is responsible for the rift in time with his defeat mending the rift), Glyph Manipulation (Can create a glyph that shoots out a massive energy beam), Forcefield Manipulation (Created a time barrier that requires the souls trapped within the time rift to form together to make a key to reach him), Chain Manipulation (A symbol appears on the ground, and chain hands immobilize the opponent), Electricity Manipulation (Makes a large electrical orb that explodes after a while), Darkness Manipulation (Can do a slash in the air made of darkness. Can have a massive surge of darkness spring out of the ground), Logic Manipulation (The time rift is another world where the impossible is possible, allowing people like Alucard to defeat Dracula in single combat at full power, and artificial beings like Golem to gain a soul and granted him self-awareness, with it only being able to persist within the special dimension)

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Equipment

• Scepter: A Scepter weapon Galamoth uses in Symphony of the Night for combat. It shoots out a variety of different lightning attacks.
• Time Reaper: A servant of Galamoth, he is the main antagonist in Castlevania Judgment responsible for the time rift.

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Notable Techniques

Black Orb Attack

Galamoth raises his scepter and fires eight black orbs toward his opponent. These orbs deal damage upon contact and have a high attack value (92 ATT).

Lightning Stream

While crouching, Galamoth uses his scepter to unleash a wide area of lightning, covering a broad range in front of him. This attack has an attack value of 98 ATT and is classified as a Thunder attack.

Crescent Lightning

Galamoth fires a crescent-shaped bolt of lightning from his scepter, dealing damage to any enemy it strikes. This attack has an attack value of 98 ATT and is also classified as a Thunder attack.

Kick Attack

Galamoth attempts to kick Alucard, dealing 85 ATT damage with heavy knockback on impact.

Scepter Pound

When Alucard is within range on the ground, Galamoth bends down and quickly pounds the ground with his scepter, dealing damage to any nearby targets.

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Other

Standard Tactics

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: He wields his scepter to unleash a combination of Hit and Thunder attacks in his efforts to defeat Alucard. Galamoth's standard tactics consist of the following:
  • Raising his scepter to fire eight black orbs, dealing Hit damage (92 ATT).
  • Crouching to unleash a wide stream of lightning from his scepter, classified as a Thunder attack (98 ATT).
  • Firing a crescent-shaped lightning bolt from his scepter, also a Thunder attack (98 ATT).
  • Attempting a powerful kick that deals Hit damage (85 ATT) and causes heavy knockback.
  • Bending down to perform a swift ground-pound with his scepter when Alucard is within range.
• Kid Dracula (NES): Garamoth flies around and shoots out lightning bolts between both of his hands to trap his opponent inward while breathing out fireballs at them.
• Kid Dracula (Game Boy): He employs a similar strategy in this game as he did in the NES version of Kid Dracula, though he now will arc his lightning bolts to try and hit the opponent. Once enough attacks are dealt to him, he will lose his wings and attack from the ground, jumping around to jump into the opponent.

Weaknesses Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night, and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content.

• Unique Weaknesses: His head is his most vulnerable spot.

Note

• Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor", a knight who has natural holy powers. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt.

Trivia

• In both Kid Dracula (NES) and Kid Dracula (Game Boy), after defeating King Garamoth, the player will be awarded a big coin with the face of Ebisumaru, from the Ganbare Goemon series, printed on it.

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  Sobek

  Galamoth's depiction in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, having a dragon or crocodile-like head, holding a scepter and bearing an overall Egyptian motif, has some similarities with Sobek, an ancient Egyptian deity who also bears crocodile traits.
• His name is possibly correctly translated as "Garamoth", with "Galamoth", the name with which he was introduced to western audiences in Symphony of the Night, likely being a case of Engrish, which oftentimes substitutes the letter "r" for "l".
  • This is further supported as his name appears as "King Garamoth" in the version of Kid Dracula that is included in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection from 2019, which was officially translated to English by Konami's own localization team.
  • He was still called "Galamoth" in Castlevania Judgment (2008), which can still be considered to be a relatively recent game, however the most recent version of the name would triumph it.
• The time when Galamoth sent the Time Reaper that is mentioned in Castlevania Judgment –10,000 years in the future– coincides with how long Kid Dracula was asleep for in Kid Dracula, where Galamoth is originally from.
  • Upon defeat, one of three lines the Time Reaper can deliver is calling Galamoth's name, revealing who its lord is.

Battle Records

0 - 3 - 0

None.

• Alucard - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Floating Catacombs

• Kid Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Robot Factory

• Kid Dracula - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Stage 8

None.