Joachim Armster

"It's too bad..You aren't Walter."

Joachim to Leon, In Lament of Innocence

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Joachim Armster is a vampire appearing in the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. He serves as one of the boss characters in the game; when Leon Belmont encounters him in the Dark Palace of Waterfalls (or Labyrinth) area, he hints that he fought with Walter Bernhard, the master of the castle, and has been imprisoned as punishment.

This description is given on the official Japanese Konami website:
"A human who was made into a vampire by Walter. He harbors the ambition to defeat Walter and become the master of the castle. He freely wields five swords through great psychic power."

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After finishing the game as Leon, Joachim can be used as a playable character by entering @JOACHIM on the name entry screen. There are several major changes to the gameplay, as Joachim cannot carry healing items and is physically weaker than Leon, which increases the difficulty. These disadvantages are balanced by increased speed and powerful magic attacks. There are no cutscenes to drive the plot, save for a very brief scene after defeating the final boss, though the images shown during the credits differ from Leon's ending.

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Other information

It might be worth noting that Joachim is the only playable villain in the Castlevania series (thus far), though his antagonistic nature is softened by his somewhat sympathetic portrayal in his cutscenes, as well as his unfortunate circumstances.

There are four songs related to this character:

• Melancholy Joachim (哀愁のヨアヒム) - played while fighting against Joachim
  
• Castlevania Reincarnation - played while fighting bosses as Joachim (including the Joachim doppelganger boss). It is a remix that merges Dracula's Castle and Black Banquet, songs from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
  
• Young Nobleman of the Water Prison (水牢の貴公子) - not used in the game; available only on the sampler CD that came with the Japanese special edition of the game. A softer remix of Melancholy Joachim featuring piano and oboe.
  
• Joachim of the Clear Blue Lake (透碧湖畔のヨアヒム) - not used in the game; appeared only on the Lament of Innocence soundtrack.

Joachim's Japanese voice actor is Kamiya Hiroshi (神谷浩史). His English voice actor is Liam O'Brien.

The hilts of his symbiotic swords are, incidentally, shaped the same as that of the Puppet Swords' central sword in Symphony of the Night.

The name Joachim is of Hebrew origin and means "God will establish." This is probably a reference to the Crusades that took place during the year 1094 in which Lament of Innocence is set, seeing as how the main goal of the campaign was to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims.

Gallery

See Also Joachim Artwork

Joachim armster.jpg

Main character art

Joachim 2 page spread from the OST

Another OST artwork

Joachim in the Lament of Innocence mobile manga

Concept art in the Santa Lilio Sangre art book.

Enemy Data

Enemy Data: Joachim Armster
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location	Notes
	78. Joachim  [alt] - Lament of Innocence				[ edit ]
	He was turned into a vampire by Walter, and imprisoned because he rebelled.	Strong: Knife, Axe, Crystal Weak: Ice, Holy Water, Cross HP: 1,500	Drop: Green Orb	Dark Palace of Waterfalls	Weapons: Symbiotic Swords

External links

• Joachim Armster at the Castlevania Fan Wiki
• official Japanese site for Castlevania (known as Lament of Innocence outside of Japan)

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