Bat Familiar

A Bat familiar is a bat that follows the hero around and acts as an ally which appears in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. In Symphony of the Night, you can turn on the Bat Familiar with the Bat Card, which utilizing the guardian Bat Soul summons it in Dawn of Sorrow. It normally flutters behind and above the hero and every once it a while an exclamation point appears above its head and it charges towards its enemy. This familiar can level up while it is out (based on the experience gained for Alucard or the number of Bat Souls collected by Soma). When Alucard takes the Form of Bat, additional bats will be summoned depending on the familiar's level. If the Fire of Bat relic has been found, these bat's will shoot fireballs whenever Alucard bat does. Since the Bat Company Soul which allows Soma to turn into a bat is also a guardian soul, it is not possible for the Bat familiars to team up with a Soma-bat in Dawn of Sorrow. However, more bats will follow Soma around depending on the level of the bat in that game (max of three for level 9). The targets of the bats can be identified with the touch-pad in Dawn of Sorrow.