Fidelis Medusa

Fidelis Medusa is a spell that summons the Medusa Head that follows player around.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania: Circle of the Moon===
The Medusa Familiar can be summoned by combining the Saturn card with the Cockatrice card. It functions very similarly to the Bat Familiar, although it hovers up and down behind Nathan rather than in a zigzag pattern, and spews rocks forward instead of fireballs. These rocks have a chance to petrify enemies on contact; this is not random, however, and enemies will only be petrified if their HP is below 25%.
===Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia===
Shanoa can absorb the Fidelis Medusa glyph after defeating a Gorgon Head (gray Medusa Head). A Gorgon Head will only/always appear after five Medusa Heads (any variant) have appeared (regardless if they were killed or not) and has a 100% drop rate, so the glyph is assured to spawn with each kill. With it, Shanoa will be able to summon Gorgon Heads that will surround her and turn some enemies into stone when hit. This pattern is similar to the Projectile Circle found in other games. Two additional Gorgon Heads are summoned for every level the glyph gains, up to a maximum of six.
Familiars in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia reach Level 2 at 32,767 XP, and Level 3 at 65,535 XP, which is their maximum level (the message "LEVEL UP" will appear on the screen whenever a new level has been reached). However, there's no in-game way of checking how much experience a familiar has gained. They gain 3 XP when the familiar hits an enemy, and 2,000 XP when Shanoa absorbs another copy of their own glyph. It takes 17 copies (not taking into account enemies hit/killed by the familiar itself) of the glyph to grow up one level. If the familiar is onscreen at the moment it gains a level, it won't immediately display its new abilities; it must first be sent away and summoned again.
==Item Data==
==Gallery==
===Animations===
COTM Saturn + Cockatrice.gif|Saturn + Cockatrice from Circle of the Moon.
OOE Fidelis Medusa.gif|Fidelis Medusa Glyph from Order of Ecclesia.
==Trivia==
*In Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, when the Fidelis Medusa glyph is cast, a number of Gorgon Heads will be summoned and rotate in a circling formation around Shanoa. The description of this glyph reads: "Summon Medusa Heads in a strangely familiar pattern." This appears to be a reference to the Rotate Option formation from the Gradius series.
==See also==
*Medusa Head, Medusa (enemies)
*Summon Medusa
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Category:Familiars
Category:Glyphs
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