The Arena

The Arena is an underground area of the castle in Castlevania:Aria of Sorrow that strongly resembles Roman architecture.The area has two elevators.The one has been malfunctioned,in fact it fell down.The other one is in working condition,and it leads to the three rooms that has items in the dead ends.When the player wants to go up and down,he or she can press the Up and Down button.The Arena is connected by the Underground Reservoir.The area might be a homage to Roman Colosseum,which is seen its middle area.

The Arena beastiary contains enemies with 200 HP and above(although there is an area where Medusa Heads can be seen,which have 30 HP).Here is the complete list of enemies found in the area: 1.Gargoyle 2.Beam Skeleton 3.Dead Crusader 4.Killer Mantle 5.Skull Millione 6.Gladiator 7.Red Minotaur 8.Weretiger 9.Giant Skeleton 10.Lubicant 11.Erinys 12.Medusa Head 13.Arc Demon 14.Lilith 15.Succubus 16.Bael

The Arena houses the Balore,one of the bosses in the game.