Black Knight Golem

Character History and Appearances
The Black Knight makes his first appearance in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow as the guardian of Claudia. A massive golem, he was created by Claudia's father to protect her from the forces of darkness that overwhelmed the city of Agharta. Since the Black Knight requires souls as a power source, he and Claudia spend most of their time hunting monsters for him to kill and consume. It is said that the golem feels a strong kinship with Claudia, partly due to her being mute, as he himself was originally a mute killer before his corpse and soul were used to create the Black Knight.

It helps Gabriel Belmont for a part of the game, but it becomes enraged with grief after finding Claudia dead and attacks Gabriel. It is defeated and Gabriel receives the Dark Gauntlet.

Strategy
The Black Knight has fire based attacks and gains more as he loses health. He will swipe his sword, create large shockwaves, and shoot out a line of fire. As you progress, he will add three more lines of fire, and create magical tar that will follow you and trap you, giving time for the knight to attack. He loses lives fairly slow and his attacks do a fierce amount of damage. Shadow magic is recomended.

Level Trial
Defeat the Black Knight without using Light Magic. A trial of medium difficulty, you'll need to evade a lot once you get a grip of his attack pattern.

Trivia
The Black Knight has many features in common with pop-culture monsters of the Twentieth Century in the vein of Frankenstein's Monster:
 * He is mute
 * He is imposingly large
 * He is composed of bodies assembled by a genius scientist
 * He develops a doomed affection for a young woman