Astaroth

**Astaroth** (アスタロス, *Asutarosu*) is a golem character in the *Soul* series of fighting games. **The original Astaroth** made his first appearance in *Soulcalibur* and has returned for *Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur Legends* (as **Astaroth alpha**), *Soulcalibur IV* and *Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny*.

After he is killed, a new Astaroth appears in *Soulcalibur V*. However, the original returned in *Soulcalibur: Lost Swords* and *Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul*. Throughout the *Soul*series Astaroth is referred to as "**Black Giant**" and "**A Soldier Of The Heretics**".

## Weapons

* Kulutues
* War Hammer
* Terror Moon
* Battle Ax
* Great Maul
* Tabar
* Nanbanfu
* Bulova
* Soul Edge
* Soul Edge (Complete) Astaroth
* Thanatos
* Stone Slab
* The Ancient (Astaroth)
* Curse of the Pharaoh
* Blessed Acolyte
* Monster Hunt
* Heavy Ax
* Rock (Weapon)
* Pow Hammer
* The Master (Astaroth)
* Fist Punch

## TMNT X Pokemon

Astaroth is a servant to the Shredder and only go to certain missions that requires tons of strength.

## Trivia

### General

* Astaroth is sometimes referred to as the "Black Giant" and "A Soldier of the Heretics".
* Astaroth appears in Namco's *Pac-Man Fever*.
* Astaroth's skin color is purple in his alternate costume in the original *Soulcalibur*, *Soulcalibur II*, and *Soulcalibur III*. Also, Astaroth's 1P outfit resembles a mysterious creature with purple armor pieces in *Soulcalibur IV*.
* Most of Astaroth's weapons were originally Rock's.
* Astaroth is the youngest character in the *Soul* series, being only three years old in *Soulcalibur.*Ironically, he's also one of the tallest. In *Soulcalibur V*, many new Astaroths are being made so they remain the youngest characters and they're significantly taller than the original Astaroth.
* The Palgaea and Kunpaetku Shrines have been featured as Astaroth's only stages throughout the series.
* The Japanese *seiyuu* of Astaroth, Banjō Ginga, has also voiced other videogame characters such as Liquid Snake from *Metal Gear Solid*, Major Zero in *Snake Eater*, Liquid Ocelot in *Guns of the Patriots, Jack from the Tekken series* and AWACS Eagle Eye in *Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War*, the first title ever released by Namco as Namco Bandai.
* Astaroth's Poseidon Tide Rush was used in Monty Oum's fan-made series *Dead Fantasy* by *Ninja Gaiden*character Rachel in the second episode.
* In *Soulcalibur II*, Astaroth stands at 6' 4", while in *Soulcalibur IV*, he stands at 6' 8". In *Soulcalibur V*, his newly created body even stands at 7' 2".
* Ancient Ogre from the *Tekken* series can be customized to look like him, albeit without his white eyes nor "Executioner's Belt".
* Because of Astaroth's size, created characters with "Soul of Astaroth" often deal damage without connecting with the opponent. This is most noticeable if the created character is female and executes throws.
* He is similar to Skurd from*Blades of Fury*. They both are very tall, very muscular, evil executioners with giant axes and bear spikes on their clothing. Also, one of *Blades of Fury'*s stages is almost identical to Astaroth's Soulcalibur II stage.
* Astaroth seems to have some violent aspects associated in his costumes most of the time; for example, his third costume in *Soulcalibur II* seems to have streams of blood on him..
* Astaroth is the second character in the series not to have eyebrows, the first being Voldo, with the third being Necrid. It is unknown whether or not Yoshimitsu or the Berserker have eyebrows (Whether Aeon Calcos has eyebrows in his human form is unknown, but as a lizard, he does not count.)

### *Soulcalibur*

* Astaroth's primary costume was also used as his alternate costume in *Soulcalibur IV*.
* Within the Schwartzstrom group, Astaroth is referred to as "Sinister Sable."

### *Soulcalibur II*

* Astaroth's mask from his alternate costume is available as a DLC in *Soulcalibur IV* under the name "Devil's Mask". It appears again in *Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny* and *Soulcalibur V*.

### *Soulcalibur III*

* The Soul of Astaroth discipline is available to created characters of the Barbarian class.
* The Palgaea cult is located in the Persian Desert, as evidenced by the story mode map and accompanying text in the game.

### *Soulcalibur IV*

* The music that plays in Astaroth's ending is an homage to the music of the *Godzilla* series of B-movies.
* The head equipment "Leather Mask Comb" is highly similar to, if not the same as, the headpiece used in Astaroth's 2P outfit in *Soulcalibur.*
* Astaroth's skin could be recolored, but this option is taken away in Soul Calibur V.