Ruler Sword

The Ruler Sword, also known as Spectral Sword, is an enemy in the Castlevania series. It is a sword controlled by an evil will. Causes poltergeist phenomena.
==Description==
The Ruler Sword is a sword possessed by poltergeist-causing spirits. It is able to levitate and control a variety of other weapons, which sometimes circle around it or move about in random paths. Sometimes these include shields, which the Ruler Sword can use to protect itself. Destroying the central Ruler Sword also destroys all the other weapons being controlled by it.
==Appearances==
===Castlevania: Rondo of Blood===
The Ruler Sword makes its debut in Rondo of Blood, where it appears as a one-time enemy the player must destroy in order to continue through the Ghost Ship. Each of its swords and the Ruler Sword itself die in one hit, but the Ruler Sword usually resides at the top of the screen, using the other weapons to attack for it.
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night===
In this game, there are three variants of the Spectral Sword, each only appearing once in their location:
*The Level 13 one is found in a large room in the lower area of Olrox's Quarters. When the player gets close, it summons some poltergeist weapons in an orbiting manner. Oddly, this variant is often the second one encountered in the game, as entering this area normally requires the Leap Stone.
*The Level 15 one is found in a large room above the long staircase of the Royal Chapel. When the player gets close, it expands some short swords and starts moving around while spinning these swords with a unique noise. It is usually encountered earlier, despite having a "Lv2" tag, since it is in the way of finding the Leap Stone.
*Finally, the Level 36 one occupies the same room, but in the Anti-Chapel. This one starts with assisting shields and spears already in the formation, such that if the player carries the Duplicator and a bomb item that can destroy the shields, they can farm the room quickly. By killing the spears and shields with a bomb, the player will be able to gain EXP very fast and max out a familiar in approximately 20–30 minutes. Otherwise, this enemy is also well-known by being able to drop the Mablung Sword, which is a better replacement for the Shield Rod.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance===
In this game, there are also three variants of the Ruler Sword:
*Ruler Sword Lv1 only appears twice in the Sky Walkway but uses its multiple puppet weapons as shields against Juste Belmont's attacks, and can even block some Spell Fusions. The main sword itself can curse the player as well.
*Ruler Sword Lv2 only appears once in the game. While it has more HP and attacks than its Lv1 counterpart, it actually has a much simpler attack pattern, simply moving toward Juste.
*Ruler Sword Lv3 has one of the most complex attack patterns out of non-boss enemies. It may perform the following:
**Uses its four shortswords to shoot at Juste.
**Summons two axes, or one axe and one hammer, and throws each one left and right.
**Uses two scythes and a sword as shields. This attack is more common when its actual shields are destroyed.
===Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth===
The Spectral Sword returns in Stage 3 of The Adventure ReBirth, this time as a boss. The sword comes protected by two Final Swords resembling those from Aria of Sorrow, which sometimes open up to spawn new weapons. The weapons, in this case, are daggers, axes, swords, and lances which circle around to protect the core. It can stop to fly into the ground, along with any remaining weapons.
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==Gallery==
HoD 045.png|Ruler Sword enemy list entry from Harmony of Dissonance.
HoD 051.png|Ruler Sword Lv2 enemy list entry from Harmony of Dissonance.
HoD 072.png|Ruler Sword Lv3 enemy list entry from Harmony of Dissonance.
Dxc 056.png|Spectral Sword enemy list entry from The Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night.
Dxc 064.png|Spectral Sword enemy list entry from The Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night.
Dxc 118.png|Spectral Sword enemy list entry from The Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night.
==Trivia==
*In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, despite having higher level, the Spectral Sword Lv 15 is encountered before the Spectral Sword Lv 13.
==See also==
*Bloody Sword, Alastor, Poltergeist (enemies)
*Sword Familiar
*Symbiotic Swords
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