Skeleton Flail

Skeleton Flail
Flail Guard as it appears in Symphony of the Night.
Japanese name(s)	スケルトン・フレイル Sukeruton Fureiru Skeleton Morningstar
Alternate name(s)	Chain Hammer Soldier Flail Guard
Abilities	Attacks with a spiked iron flail
Type(s)	Skeletal monster, Skeleton Chain
Origins	Original Castlevania lore
Appearances	Rondo of Blood Symphony of the Night Harmony of Dissonance Portrait of Ruin The Dracula X Chronicles Moonlight Rhapsody

The Skeleton Flail, or Flail Guard, is an enemy in the Castlevania series. It is a skeleton armed with a spiked iron flail.

Description

The Skeleton Flail (called Skeleton Morningstar in Japan) is a skeleton wielding a large flail with a morningstar at the end. It is similar to the Whip Skeleton, which has a morningstar attached at the end of a long whip. The Flail Guard spends much of its time sitting on the ground, but when approached, will stand up, move around slowly and then cast its flail toward the enemy, with the morningstar spinning around at the tip of the rod for a brief moment.

Due to cultural sensitivities around depicting skeletons in the Chinese market, the Skeleton Flail was changed to a boar-like demi-human in Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody called a Chain Hammer Soldier.

It is a type of Skeleton Chain.

Enemy Data

Enemy Data: Skeleton Flail
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location	Notes
(RoB/DXC)	Skeleton Flail  (Skeleton Morning-Star) [alt] - Rondo of Blood				[ edit ]
	'	HP: 6 Exp: 200		5. Ghost Ship
	55. Flail Guard (Skeleton Morningstar) - Symphony of the Night				[ edit ]
	Skeleton equipped with spiked iron flail.	Weak: Holy Level: 13 HP: 36 Exp: 50	Drop: Morning Star, Pot Roast	Clock Tower
	24. Skeleton Flail (jpn) - Harmony of Dissonance				[ edit ]
	'	Weak: Thunder Level: 10 HP: 51 Exp: 27	Common Drop: $25 Rare Drop: Cloth Helmet	Castle A: Castle Treasury, Skeleton Cave Castle B: Castle Treasury, Skeleton Cave
	51. Skeleton Flail (jpn) - Portrait of Ruin				[ edit ]
	A skeleton warrior armed with a flail.	Strong: Dark Weak: Strike, Whip, Fire, Holy HP: 80 Exp: 75 Skill Pt: 2	Drop: Morning Star	Great Stairway, Tower of Death
	Skeleton Flail  - Grimoire of Souls				[ edit ]
	A skeleton that swings a flail. Countless foes who made light of its sluggishness have fallen victim to its extended reach.
	5-8. Chain Hammer Soldier  (链锤士兵)(Demi-Human) - Moonlight Rhapsody				[ edit ]
	'			Alchemy Laboratory, Clock Tower	Videos: Bestiary, 1st

Item Data

Item Data: Skeleton Flail
Image	Name - Game   Type - Users Description	Attributes / Consume	Statistics / Sell	Found	Notes
	Morning Star (jpn) - Symphony of the Night   Club - Alucard				[edit]
	Spiked iron club	Attrib: Hit	ATT +11	Find: Royal Chapel Drop: Flail Guard	Effect: Flail (normal)
	Pot Roast (Delicious Meat) - Symphony of the Night   Food (Meat) - Alucard				[edit]
	Castlevania pot roast [use]		HP +50	Find: Castle Keep, Clock Tower, Entrance, Outer Wall, Reverse Caverns, Reverse Clock Tower, Underground Caverns (...) Drop: Flail Guard
	$25 - Harmony of Dissonance   Pick-Up (Money) - Juste Belmont				[edit]
			Gold + 25	Common Drop: Skeleton Blaze, Big Skeleton, Skeleton Flail, Skeleton Spear, Skeleton Ape, Big Balloon, Arabaki, Fleaman Armor Rare Drop: Skeleton, White Dragon, Bomber Armor, Balloon, Large Ghost
	Cloth Helmet (Cloth Helmet) - Harmony of Dissonance   Head - Juste Belmont				[edit]
	A helmet made from extremely hardened cloth.		DEF +5	Rare Drop: Disc Armor, Skeleton Flail
	Morning Star (Morgenstern) - Portrait of Ruin   Weapon (Axe) - Jonathan				[edit]
	A club with a vicious, star-shaped head.	Attrib: Slash, Strike Consume: 40 MP (Critical Art)	ATK +70 Sell: $2,000	Drop: Skeleton Flail

Gallery

Skeleton Flail enemy list entry from Harmony of Dissonance.

Flail Guard enemy list entry from The Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night.

Chain Hammer Soldier artwork from Moonlight Rhapsody.

See also

• Mace Skeleton