Lerajie

Lerajie is an enemy in the Castlevania series. She is an evil hunter who uses ricocheting bullets to kill from afar.
==Origins==
Leraje has his origins as a demon in the medieval grimoires. One of Leraje's earliest known appearances as a demon is from the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) as Loray or Oray. Most of the information from this book appears to have been copied by the author of the Ars Goetia (mid-17th century), a section from the book Lesser Key of Solomon.
Leraje is the 14th demon listed in the Ars Goetia and is described as a mighty Great Marquis of Hell who commands thirty legions of demons. He causes great battles and disputes, and can cause arrow wounds to develop gangrene.
The name Leraje appears to be derived from the angel Leyraiell from the Liber Juratus Honorii or The Sworne Booke of Honorius (13th century or earlier). Notably, Leyraiell is not mentioned to be a fallen angel, but appears to have received the label of demon in later grimoires.
How exactly Lerajie's appearance in the Castlevania series was inspired is uncertain, but her using a musket and having a green skin tone may be a reference to Leraje's depiction as a handsome archer wearing green clothes and carrying a bow and arrows in the various grimoires.
==Appearances==
===Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin===
First encountered in various areas of the Great Stairway, whether it is in the caves, halls or tower sections, and later reappearing in the Nation of Fools. Lerajie is usually encountered standing on a platform that is on a different level from the player's (usually above), or protected by an environmental obstacle, making it hard to attack her right away and often giving her enough time to attack first.
Lerajie is initially found standing guard on her post, but when she becomes alerted of the player, she'll yell a threatening "I see you!" and draw out her musket. A long red line will then appear, tracing an intricate pattern of angled lines, which telegraphs the trajectory the bullet will follow. After about a couple of seconds, Lerajie will pull the trigger and the bullet will then traverse the entire red line almost instantly. After (or sometimes also before) attacking, she'll start hoping backward, trying to find a good spot to start aiming, and will sometimes hang on a wall if one is nearby.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Despair===
==Item Data==
==Gallery==
Por pic 33.jpg|Lerajie, Persephone and Larva from a wallpaper that was available at the Portrait of Ruin website.
PoR Illustrated Gun Demon.JPG|Lerajie illustration from Portrait of Ruin.
Por 4koma 01.jpg|Lerajie in the official Koma comic strips for Portrait of Ruin.
==Trivia==
*Even though Leraje –the demon which Lerajie is based on– is male, the Castlevania enemy is female and her voice fits accordingly in the Japanese version of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. However, her voice sounds more male-like in the English version, which could raise questions about her gender, as while her body is female (confirmed by her official artwork and the fact she drops the Amethyst Corset, which only Charlotte can wear), she also fashions a hairstyle and wears a suit more commonly seen on male characters, giving her an androgynous look.
**A male Leraje does appear in the Bloodstained series, which is a spiritual successor of Castlevania.
*Lerajie could also be inspired by Rip Van Winkle, a character from the manga/anime series, Hellsing, as Van Winkle also wears a dark purple suit, has blueish black hair and uses an old-fashioned rifle with golden ornaments on the stock. Van Winkle has the ability to control her bullets' flight, even making them fly around corners, which shares some similarity with the ricocheting bullets from Lerajie's weapon, and even Lerajie's death animation resembles the way most antagonists in the Hellsing anime dissolve.
==External links==
*Official website (wallpapers) (archived: August 30, 2017 - Japanese)
Category:Ars Goetia Demons
Category:Female Monsters
Category:Harmony of Despair Enemies
Category:Portrait of Ruin Enemies