Bible

The Bible,Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles English instruction booklet, page 25. also known as the Holy BookCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonance English instruction booklet, page 15. or the , is a recurrent item in the Castlevania series. It first appeared in Vampire Killer, where a White Bible would cause the Old Crone to reduce her prices, while a Black Bible would cause her to increase them instead. In later games, it appeared as a sub-weapon which releases an animated Bible moving around the screen, using words to exorcise evil.
In early design materials for the original Castlevania, it was intended to cause the player to become invincible. This power was transferred to the Invisibility Potion in the final version of the game.
==Origins==
The Bible is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures. Varying parts of the Bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans by Christians, Jews, Samaritans and Rastafarians.
What is regarded as canonical text differs depending on traditions and groups; a number of Bible canons have evolved, with overlapping and diverging contents. The Hebrew Bible overlaps with the Greek Septuagint and the Christian Old Testament. The Christian New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ.
The Bible has been a massive influence on literature and history, especially in the Western World, where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type.
==Overview==
The Bible, used as a sub-weapon, generally attacks in one of two forms:
#Spiraling from its caster outward, while its pages deal Holy damage.
#Spinning around the character, dealing a small amount of Holy damage to nearby enemies.
As the Bible is a sub-weapon, an Item Crash can also be performed with it. Richter Belmont has two types of Item Crashes, while Juste has five:
*Richter Belmont
**Rondo of Blood - Spiral circle which moves forward.
**Symphony of the Night - Spirals behind Richter and fires a Holy beam.
*Juste Belmont
**Fire Book - Fire satellite.
**Ice Book - Ice satellite.
**Bolt Book - Thunder satellite.
**Wind Book - 2 giant Holy Books.
**Summoning Tome - Summons a cute Fairie/Pixie.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania: Rondo of Blood===
The Bible (Magic Book) made its sub-weapon debut in Rondo of Blood as Richter Belmont's counterpart to Maria Renard's Songbook, and is the only new Belmont sub-weapon featured in the game. The attack is performed in an outward spiraling pattern. It did not appear in Richter's arsenal in the later Super NES take on the game, Castlevania: Dracula X.
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night===
The Bible came back as a sub-weapon in Symphony of the Night, although its attack pattern changed drastically. This time, it orbits rapidly and tightly around Alucard, Richter Belmont, or Maria Renard (Saturn version only), striking anything that gets too close.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance===
The Bible in Harmony of Dissonance is normally thrown in a spiraling pattern like in Rondo of Blood. When used while an Earth Ring is equipped, however, its attack pattern is like that in Symphony of the Night (rapidly orbits). Like other sub-weapons in this game, it can be combined with Spell Books using Spell Fusion to perform powerful magical spells.
==Item Data==
==Enemy Data==
==Gallery==
===Artworks===
Bible - Vampire Killer - 02.png|White Bible from the Japanese Vampire Killer user's manual.
Bible - Vampire Killer - 01.png|Black Bible from the Japanese Vampire Killer user's manual.
Bible RoB.png|Magic Book from the Japanese Rondo of Blood instruction booklet.
===Animations===
====Sub-weapon====
SOTN Bible.gif|Bible from Symphony of the Night.
SOTN Bible 2.gif|Bible from Symphony of the Night.
Saturn Bible.gif|Bible from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.
Saturn Bible 2.gif|Bible from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.
HOD Holy Book.gif|Holy Book from Harmony of Dissonance.
HOD Holy Book + Earth Ring.gif|Holy Book + Earth Ring from Harmony of Dissonance.
POR Bible 2.gif|Bible from Portrait of Ruin.
POR Bible.gif|Mastered Bible from Portrait of Ruin.
POR Bible 3.gif|Mastered Bible (through glitch) from Portrait of Ruin.(Richter Mode)
DXC Bible.gif|Bible from The Dracula X Chronicles.
====Item Crash====
SOTN Bible 3.gif|Bible Item Crash from Symphony of the Night.
Saturn Bible 3.gif|Bible Item Crash from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.
DXC Bible 2.gif|Bible Item Crash from The Dracula X Chronicles.
==Trivia==
*At the end of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX), Dracula quotes the Bible (Matthew 16:26): "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, and loses his own soul?"
==References==
Category:Christian Lore
Category:Holy Assets
Category:Magic Books
Category:Skills
Category:Sub-Weapons
Category:The Dracula X Chronicles Items
Category:Harmony of Despair Items
Category:Harmony of Dissonance Items
Category:Portrait of Ruin Items
Category:Rondo of Blood Items
Category:Symphony of the Night Items
Category:Vampire Killer Items