Vapula

Vapula is an enemy in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. It is a demon with a lion's body and a griffon's wings that can cause Curse status through the series of runes it spews out.
==Origins==
In demonology, Vapula is a powerful Great Duke of Hell that commands thirty-six legions of demons. He teaches philosophy, mechanics and sciences.
He is described in the Ars Goetia as "a lion with griffin wings", and is usually in this manner how he's portrayed.
==Description==
Vapula is depicted as a lion with feathered wings and purple fur; he has a long, thick mane and red fur at the joints on the legs. He is a modified sprite of Glasya Labolas and has similar attack patterns. His main attack consists in spewing two long lines of runes that cause Curse status on contact (this is perhaps a physical representation off his high level of knowledge, as described in the Ars Goetia); these follow a wide trajectory in a wave-like pattern, one traveling upward and the other downward, with both meeting a few steps in front of Vapula, where the effectiveness of the spell ends.
Like Glasya Labolas, despite bearing large wings, Vapula cannot fly and just limits himself to perform big charging or retreating leaps, making him mainly a grounded enemy. As such, a single cast of 1,000 Blades is generally all it takes to make short work of him. However, the player is advised to cast it a certain distance away from the monster, out of his cursing spell's reach, lest one of its runes manages to make it through and cancel the Dual Crush, curse the player, and leave them in a disadvantageous position.
A Vapula is found paired with an Amducias in a room of the Nest of Evil. This combination is especially dangerous, as Vapula and his rune spell can shield Amducias long enough for the latter to cast his devastating continuous lightning bolts attack, which in most cases traduces into an instant death to the player. As such, the player is advised to refrain from casting 1,000 Blades right after entering the room, and instead choose the proper timing to do it and deal with Vapula first, so they can properly fight Amducias afterward.
==Enemy Data==
==See also==
*Glasya Labolas
Category:Animal-Type Enemies
Category:Ars Goetia Demons
Category:Curse Enemies
Category:Portrait of Ruin Enemies