Abaddon is one of the final bosses the player encounters in both Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
Background
Abaddon (of Hebrew אבדון Avadon, `Destruction' or `Death') is spoken of in the Book of Revelations in the New Testament of the Holy Bible and is recorded as the king of the locusts.
At the start of Revelations Chapter 9, the fifth of the trumpet bearing angels sounds his horn and this causes a star to fall unto the earth and was given the key to the Abyss (the final area in Dawn of Sorrow is named this as well).
When the Abyss is opened, smoke will arise from the pit like a giant furnace and the sun and sky will darken and from that smoke will arise a swarm of locusts that will descend upon the earth and given the power of a scorpion. Their commands will be not to harm any plant of the earth, but to plague mankind for five months.
The Bible makes it clear that men will long for death, but none will find it as the locusts cannot kill men, only bring them suffering.
This can greatly be seen in the game's interpretation of the character.
Gallery
Enemy Data
| Enemy Data: Abaddon | |||||
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Statistics | Items | Location | Notes |
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| A master of pestilent locusts from the deep abyss of the underworld. | Strong: Dark Weak: Holy, Spear, Sword HP: 4000 Exp: 12000 Timestop: None |
Drop: ---- ---- Soul: Bullet Type ; Summon a cloud of locusts to swarm foes (40MP per use). |
The Abyss (south section) |
Abil: Locust Swarm ; jump | |
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| A master of pestilent locusts from the deep abyss of the underworld. | Strong: Dark Weak: Slash, Holy HP: 5,000 Exp: 4,000 Skill Pt: 50 |
Drop: Record 3 |
Nest of Evil |
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Appearance
Abaddon is the penultimate boss in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and appears in the Abyss.
His appearance is that of a man-locust dressed like the conductor of an orchestra. He uses his baton-like cane to summon and control locusts with great sweeps and dramatic flourishes.
The locusts are generally hard to avoid, but can be dodged by Soma if he uses the Bat Company soul (in Portrait of Ruin, Charlotte could use multiple spells such as Dark Gate or Clear Skies to consume all of the locusts). When playing as Julius, the best method of destroying certain formations of locusts is by using the whip and the throwing cross to eliminate streams of locusts. Another method of avoiding Abaddon's attacks is to use Alucard's Bat Transformation or Julius's Super Jump.
Abaddon's only other method of attack consists of short hops and leaps.
Soul Ability
Abaddon's soul enables you to summon a swarm of locusts to attack everything on screen. It can also be used to synthesize the Valmanway sword.