Buer

Buer and Bael are enemies in the Castlevania series. They are beasts with many legs.
==Origins==
===Buer===
Buer is described as a Great President of Hell, having fifty legions of demons under his command. He appears when the sun is in Sagittarius. He teaches natural and moral philosophy, logic, and the virtues of all herbs and plants. He's also capable of healing all infirmities and to bestow good familiars.
He has been described as being in the shape of Sagittarius, which is as a centaur with a bow and arrows. Additionally, Louis Le Breton created an illustration of Buer, depicting the demon as having the head of a lion and five goat legs surrounding his body to walk in every direction.
===Bael===
In 17th century goetic occult writings, Bael is one of the seven princes of Hell. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity, Bael, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians. He is a principal spirit and demon ruling in the east. He speaks hoarsely and grants wisdom and invisibility.
While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Bael was, in grimoire tradition, said to appear in the forms of either a man, a cat, a toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book, Dictionnaire Infernal, rather curiously placed the heads of all three creatures onto a set of spider legs.
==Appearances==
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow===
Buer appears as a lion's head with five legs ending in sickle-like blades who attacks by rolling into the player. When closely observing his outline shortly after he is killed, or by viewing the sprite in the game's data, it is revealed that this rolling object is actually a spider.
Buer's soul grants Soma the Circle Fire ability, which causes small fires to rotate around him.
A recolor and more powerful version of Buer, called Bael, appears in the castle's Top Floor and will also roll into Soma's direction. His soul grants Soma the Devil's Wisdom ability, which increases INT by 12.
He has 666 MP, referencing the number of the beast.
===Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow/Castlevania: Harmony of Despair===
In both games, Buer is actually a spider engulfed in flames perched on a circular web that attacks the same way as its previous incarnation. This rolling fire appears in the Demon Guest House and in the Condemned Tower. It rolls slowly, but once it sees the player it will speed up with a strange sound and attack.
Its soul produces a ring of flames around Soma, which is very useful when traversing areas populated by Medusa Heads. When maxed out, this Guardian Soul is one of the best to use while fighting Abaddon, as the ring of flames will burn all of his locusts away if the player stands still.
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===Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin===
Unlike its previous incarnations, this enemy is called Devil Wheel this time around and its appearance is that of a skeletal corpse tied to a breaking wheel instead. Nevertheless, its behavior remains the same as that of its previous appearances and once it detects an enemy it will roll at great speed toward it.
It can drop Coffee when it dies.
==Other appearances==
===Castlevania (animated series)===
Buer appears in the animated series in the episode "Abandon All Hope", where he is accompanied by many other demons from Hell. His appearance in the series seems to be a mixture between his two representations in the Dictionnaire Infernal, namely a Sagittarius (centaur armed with a bow) with a lion head and goat legs.Castlevania Beast Roundup by Sam and Adam Deats. @NXOnNetflix, May 22, 2020.
It essentially only fights Sypha, turning out to be a formidable opponent, although she manages to neutralize him by using her lightning powers combined with melted ice.
===Dead Cells===
Buer makes an appearance in the Return to Castlevania expansion of Dead Cells.
==Item Data==
==Gallery==
AoS 011.png|Buer enemy list entry from Aria of Sorrow.
AoS 095.png|Bael enemy list entry from Aria of Sorrow.
Buer (from S3E10).jpg|Buer in the Castlevania animated series.
Flame Demon - 01.png|Fire Demon and Buer in the Castlevania animated series.
Buer Model Sheet.png|Buer model sheet from the Castlevania animated series.
Buer Sheet.png|Buer model.
==Trivia==
*The Devil Wheel's appearance in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is reminiscent of the breaking wheel, an ancient torture method that involved tying a convicted person on a wheel and beating their limbs until they broke.
==References==
Category:Ars Goetia Demons
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal Demons
Category:Hebrew Lore
Category:Night Creatures
Category:Poltergeists
Category:Aria of Sorrow Enemies
Category:Dawn of Sorrow Enemies
Category:Harmony of Despair Enemies
Category:Portrait of Ruin Enemies