1,000 Blades

1,000 Blades (also called Thousand Dagger or Thousand Edge) is a powerful attack involving the throwing of many daggers extremely fast. It first appeared as an Item Crash for Richter Belmont for the Dagger sub-weapon.
==Characteristics==
This ability was introduced in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as one of Richter Belmont's Item Crushes. Richter is able to perform this move in most other games he has appeared in as well, like Dracula X, Symphony of the Night and The Dracula X Chronicles.
It could later be performed by Nathan Graves in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon with the Knife sub-weapon, when the Pluto + Salamander cards combination is in effect. Juste Belmont can perform the move too in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance by combining the Dagger with the Wind Book.
1,000 Blades first appeared as a Dual Crush in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, where it can be performed by Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin. Jonathan is able to launch fifty blades at enemies thanks to Charlotte's magic. This is the only Dual Crush spell that can be canceled when taking damage from enemies. In Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, it became this pair's signature Dual Crush, as no other character can perform a similar move which requires the use of two characters.
In Castlevania Judgment, Grant Danasty is able to perform this attack as one of his Expansion moves.
In certain games, like Rondo of Blood and Harmony of Dissonance, it is possible to change the direction the player character is facing mid-crash –left or right– to attack both enemies in front and behind.
==Item Data==
==Enemy Data==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Portrait of Ruin - Sandy Grave - 06.png|1,000 Blades location in Portrait of Ruin.
===Animations===
DX Dagger 2.gif|Dagger Item Crash from Dracula X.
SOTN Knife 3.gif|Knife Item Crash from Symphony of the Night.
Saturn Knife 3.gif|Knife Item Crash from the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night.
COTM Pluto + Salamander + Dagger.gif|Pluto + Salamander + Dagger from Circle of the Moon.
HOD Knife + Wind Book.gif|Dagger + Wind Book from Harmony of Dissonance.
POR 1000 Blades.gif|1,000 Blades Dual Crush from Portrait of Ruin.
DXC Knife 2.gif|Knife Item Crash from The Dracula X Chronicles.
OOE Union Culter.gif|Union Culter Glyph Union from Order of Ecclesia.
J Thousand Edges Grant.gif|Thousand Edge from Judgment.
HD 1,000 Blades.gif|1,000 Blades Dual Crush from Harmony of Despair.
==Trivia==
*In Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Portable Ops Plus, the character Gene, when using his Bowie knives, sometimes throws multiple knives in a manner similar to 1,000 Blades.
*Owing to the usual assortment of references to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga/anime series found in Castlevania, 1,000 Blades is possibly a reference to the ability "Scared, are we?" used by Dio Brando during the climax of Stardust Crusaders, with Dio throwing 27 daggers at Jotaro Kujo.
==See also==
*Blade Serpent - Another attack involving a large multitude of knives.
*Million Edges - Another attack involving a large multitude of knives.
Category:Dagger Attacks
Category:DSS Effects
Category:Dual Crushes
Category:Holy Assets
Category:Item Crashes
Category:Pierce Damage
Category:Slash Damage
Category:Spell Fusions
Category:Wind Spells
Category:Portrait of Ruin Items