Bound Giant

A Bound Giant (informal name) is a giant monster or demon that is often physically bound to the castle, immobilizing it. It is often involved in some kind of a ritual. It appears to be either a summoned demon that was ripped apart and then put together again, or a new being that was stitched together from various body parts, similar to The Creature.
==Appearances==
===Castlevania Chronicles===
The first bound giant to appear was summoned as an attack by the Wizard in the underground ruins of Stage 9 of Castlevania Chronicles after casting a demonic symbol. It appeared as a purplish demon, sported tusks and horns, with the lower half of its body rotted away. It is invulnerable to attack, attacks using noxious breath, and then vanishes.
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night===
A giant demon Beelzebub appears to have been summoned and/or assembled by Dracula's minions in the Necromancy Laboratory (called the Black Magic Laboratory in Japanese). It is possible that the demon Beelzebub was summoned, dissected, and stitched back together, or a new being was created using monster parts and then nicknamed Beelzebub because of the flies. It is strung up to the ceiling using meat hooks and placed in front of alchemy symbols. These symbols may have been used to summon it here or used to fuse it together and give it life.
===Castlevania: Circle of the Moon===
Another giant demon, the ram-headed Adramelech, is encountered bound to the wall in Circle of the Moon.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance===
A giant monster is crushed with mashers Castle B of the Luminous Cavern in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, which fills the area with a flood of blood. It is possible that this act was related to the creation of a bound giant, perhaps for use as parts, or is a bound giant itself. The switch that caused this event to happen was found in a room after a Golem was fought, perhaps linking it to Golems.
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow===
One of the many Golems found in Aria of Sorrow is the Flesh Golem. It is described as a "man-like figure built from the body parts of corpses. Animated by magic." This may be the same kind of creature.
Balore also appears in this game, and is confined to a holding cell in the Colosseum.
===Castlevania: Lament of Innocence===
A monster or demon whose original name has been forgotten lies bound beneath Walter's Castle. It looks similar to the summoned demon first seen in Castlevania Chronicles. It has a fiery breath attack reminiscent of the Chronicles summons' breath attack. It is hacked off piece by piece like Beelzebub from Symphony of the Night. Its maggots are reminiscent of the flies present during the Beelzebub battle as well. It has a giant hand slam attack similar to Balore's from Aria of Sorrow.
===Castlevania: Curse of Darkness===
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness has two giants who are formed by stitching together body parts. These include the Executioner and the stronger Iron Gladiator, which was stitched together using the body parts of dead Roman gladiators.
===Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow===
Balore makes another appearance in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
===Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin===
Balore makes his third appearance in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
===Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia===
Several giants who appear to have been stitched together appear in Order of Ecclesia. One of them in Goliath, who is seen with his hands bound in chains. However, he seems to have been able to break free. Another is Rebuild, who was assembled from the corpses of many renowned warriors. Another is Enkidu, a lonely artificial monster with only a White Dragon for a companion. They appear to be variations of The Creature, who also appears in similar fashion in this game.
===Castlevania Judgment===
The Golem in Castlevania Judgment is a playable character and representative of low-ranking monsters with no will of their own, bound to the will of Dracula. He is an artificial being created by Carmilla.
===Castlevania: Lords of Shadow===
The Forgotten One in the Lords of Shadow timeline was a being of unknown origin and the ruler of the plain that it came from. It was summoned by the ancestors of the Bernhard Family thousands of years ago and has the power to destroy the world.
===Castlevania (animated series)===
The Visitor was a giant Night Creature (a demonic soul summoned into the body of a corpse and transformed using Devil Forging). In order to create a portal to Hell and retrieve Dracula, it instructed that it was to be bound and drained of blood in a ritual.
===Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls===
Balore makes an appearance in Grimoire of Souls.
==See also==
*Gergoth
*Legion
*The Creature