Royal Chapel

The Royal Chapel is a location in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
==Geography==
The Royal Chapel is the sixth stage in the game that you need to go to in order to get the first ending of the game. It is entered from the Alchemy Laboratory once you have obtained the Jewel of Open from the Long Library. It leads to the Castle Keep. It also leads to the Colosseum, but you will not be able to navigate beyond that room in that stage until you have found another way in through Olrox's Quarters. The Reverse Castle's version of this stage is the Anti-Chapel.
==Guide==
The Royal Chapel is a place of worship that seems quite out of place in the evil castle of Dracula. It is an area that reaches mostly upward with its large bell towers and long stairways. Stained glass windows and long rows of pews are evident in the main chapel area, which looks more like the interior of a cathedral and even more out of place in Dracula's castle. The chapel has long halls on either side of each tower leading to separate rooms (one of which you will only be able to proceed through once you acquire the Spike Breaker and the Form of Mist, but is necessary to obtain the game's true ending). Some of these elongated halls are necessary to traverse in order to reach the boss of this area.
The Royal Chapel also contains its own Confessional Room where a ghostly priest will sit down and listen to the player's confessions on one end of the humbling window that's provided. With this, he will either give you a bottle of Grape Juice (in the Japanese versions of the game, it's wine), hurt you, or leave after crossing himself. The effect appears to be randomized, and one can tell when attack is imminent if the priest is wearing a grey robe, and has red eyes. Alucard can also take the place of the priest, in which case a confessor will confess her sins (if in red) or attack you (if in blue-green). You do not get an item from her.
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===Maps===
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==Related stages==
*Alchemy Laboratory - The area that proceeds this one for Alucard.
*Colosseum - Connected area. Can be "previewed" from the Royal Chapel initially, but cannot enter far into, so Alucard must return to the Royal Chapel.
*Olrox's Quarters - Connected area (initially accessible from Olrox's Quarters).
*Castle Keep - The next stage for Alucard.
==Other appearances==
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (handheld)===
The Royal Chapel is the second stage of the LCD handheld version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Bats join the Zombies and Medusa Heads that were fought in Stage 1. Defeating the boss called Hipogryph (actually Gaibon) will give Alucard the Silver Ring.
===Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night===
The Royal Chapel in Encore of the Night includes some enemies from the original Royal Chapel and from its inverted version, the Anti-Chapel. It has several enemies from other areas as well. This includes the most powerful, and optional, boss in the game, Galamoth, and his servant the Frozen Half. The original stage boss Hippogryph, does not appear in this game.
===Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody===
The general layout of the Royal Chapel (called Heresy Chapel in Chinese) in Moonlight Rhapsody is similar to its layout in Symphony of the Night. The bell tower area and boos room also appear in the Lost Fantasy stage.
==Trivia==
*In the Japanese version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the blue priest in the Confessional Room will speak a line. His dialogue is taken from the church Priest from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.
**A line was recorded by Dennis Falt for the original English release of the game but not used: "Come son, rest here. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen."
**The line was rerecorded by Tony Oliver for The Dracula X Chronicles port of the game (as well as versions based on it) and used in the English version: "Rest your weary soul here. May the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost be with you. Amen."
*It is unclear as to how Maria entered and exited the top-left room located past the spike-filled hall, as Mist Form is needed to pass through it. Further adding to the confusion is that Maria cannot enter this room in Maria Mode.
Category:Chapels
Category:The Dracula X Chronicles Locations
Category:Encore of the Night Locations
Category:Symphony of the Night Locations