Alastor

Alastor, also known as Vandal Sword or Specter, is a recurring enemy in the Castlevania series. It is a possessed sword driven to seek revenge by the souls of slain warriors. 
==Origins==
Alastor was an epithet of the Greek god Zeus, and described as the avenger of evil deeds, specifically, familial bloodshed, while Nemesis punished those who offended the gods. As the personification of a curse, it was also a sidekick of the Erinyes. The name is also used to designate any deity or demon who avenges wrongs committed by men.
Alastor, in Christian demonology, came to be considered a kind of possessing entity. He was likened to Nemesis. The name Alastor was also used as a generic term for a class of evil spirits.
==Description==
Alastor is a ghost swordsman who possesses a very large sword. He is a counterpart to the female rapier-wielding Nemesis. He fades in and out of view and swings his massive sword around.
==Appearances==
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night===
First appearance of Alastor in the series. He is the ghost form of the Sword Lord and only the sword itself can be attacked to injure the enemy. In the Clock Tower, after destroying the Sword Lord's armor, Alastor is revealed from within and must also be destroyed. The one Sword Lord in the Outer Wall does not spawn any Alastor.
A massive variation of Alastor which does not possess a suit of armor, called Azaghal, also appears in this game.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance===
Unlike most of his incarnations, in Harmony of Dissonance, the player needs to hit Alastor himself and not his sword in order to injure him, and the entity can be damaged regardless if his silhouette is visible or not. Every time he is damaged, his sword will briefly turn transparent and become intangible, meaning that it cannot injure the player during this time.
Alastor mainly attacks by performing wide arcing swings with his sword (some almost tracing full circles). He also has a relatively rare attack where he frenetically starts slashing all around with his sword for a brief period of time, covering a wide area.
Internal files name this enemy as Spector.
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow===
In both of these titles, Alastor's soul allows the player to control Alastor as a familiar, which is similar to the Sword Familiar from Symphony of the Night.
===Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin===
Alastor is only found in the secret challenge area, the Nest of Evil. He drops the unique Damascus Sword, the strongest horizontal-slashing sword in the game. They are only found in a couple of rooms of the Nest of Evil, so, if the player seeks to get their hands on this powerful sword, Alastors can be repeatedly fought by reentering the sections that contain them (preferably, the fourth section, which ends with the boss fight against Aguni, as it contains two Alastors).
Alastor retains his form from Dawn of Sorrow, and he even has higher stats that he did in that game, but since his attacks are widely telegraphed and all damaging attacks interrupt his movements, he is one of the easiest Nest of Evil-exclusive enemies to deal with. Like his Dawn of Sorrow counterpart, Alastor can only be injured by attacking the sword itself.
==Enemy Data==
==Item Data==
==Gallery==
HoD 065.png|Specter enemy list entry from Harmony of Dissonance.
AoS 091.png|Alastor enemy list entry from Aria of Sorrow.
Spectral Sword COD Unused Portraits.PNG|Unused portraits of Spectral Sword from Curse of Darkness.
Dxc 060.png|Vandal Sword enemy list entry from The Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night.
==Trivia==
*In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin, Alastor's sword resembles the broken Final Sword wielded by the Final Guard, as well as the equipable weapon.
==See also==
*Azaghal
*Nemesis
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Category:Dictionnaire Infernal Demons
Category:Flying Enemies
Category:Ghosts
Category:Greek Gods
Category:Knights
Category:Poltergeists
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Category:Curse of Darkness Enemies
Category:Dawn of Sorrow Enemies
Category:The Dracula X Chronicles Enemies
Category:Harmony of Dissonance Enemies
Category:Portrait of Ruin Enemies
Category:Symphony of the Night Enemies