Golgoth Guards are members of Satan's modernized army in Lords of Shadow 2. Located in Castlevania City, they are cloned mutated humans, made from a mixture of organic and mechanized materials. They were created as hulking guards to defend the Bioquimek Corporation, and can also be found guarding the headquarters of Nergal Meslamstea's company.
History
Even though incredibly powerful beings such as Dracula would be easily more than capable of dealing with these monstrosities, because the Golgoths serve more as environmental hazards rather than actual enemies, Dracula does not confron the guards directly. Rather, he relies on stealth in order to take the guards down (since all normal attacks are disabled when in the presence of one.)
Although they are encountered early on in the game, they are too powerful for Dracula to defeat by any normal means, forcing him to resort to alternate methods in order to pass and defeat them. Dracula can utilize his Plague of Rats for as a means to safely sneak past the guards unnoticed, and possess them at close range in order to access restricted areas of the Bioquimek facility, though the possession lasts only a limited time, as it will slowly destroy the body of the possessed guard.
In this state, Golgoth Guards are killed whenever Dracula leaves their body.
Golgoth Guards are seen wielding two types of weapons throughout the game, giant grenade launchers with a massive area of effect, and gatling guns with a high rate of fire - the latter variant is used primarily by the Golgoth Guards encountered on the train. They will drop their weapon when possessed, only allowing Dracula to control their movements.
Background
Cultivated and reaise in laboratories, the Golgoths can be considered the link that connects man and machine in the evolutionary chain.
Their cloned bodies have been genetically altered to grow much more quickly and larger than a normal human being. Their minds, on the other hand, have not had time to develop. If it were not for implanting strict instructions or suppressing emotions, they would be no different to a child.
Their sole aim is to defend Bioquimek from intruders, and for that purpose the are equipped with indestructible armor and an enormous grenade launcher courtesy of the military corporation.
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Trivia
- The guards appear to speak in some form of a hellish-likr language, making references to having lived in another dimension. This language is automatically translated for the player even if subtitles are disabled.
- Some of the guards, through translations of their language, hint that they consume alcohol rather frequently, because if Dracula causes a noise and then hides from them, they attribute the sound to hallucinations from having had too much grog previously.
- Golgoths have the most powerful offensive ability in the game: their grenade launchers can cause an instant death in the early game, and even at full health, Dracula can be killed in 3 hits.
- Golgoth Guards have a similar appearence to Gatling Knights.