Creaking Skull
Japanese Name	がしゃどくろ (Gashadokuro)
Alternate Names
Game Appearances	Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Abilities
Monster Type
Mythical Lore Origins

The first boss in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the Creaking Skull is a massive skeleton that is too large to properly support its own weight. Instead, it slowly drags itself forward, periodically pausing to swing its femur at Soma, or spit a ball of fire toward him. A second one can be found in the basement section of the Dance Hall, and its soul can be gathered there. A later enemy, the Giant Skeleton, is a palette swap.

The soul it drops is the Creaking Skull Guardian Soul. With it, Soma grows Creaking Skull's skeletal club arm to fight any enemies behind him. It also attacks in the same fashion as well. While not technically useful, it can help defeat those enemies that gang up on you, specifically Fleaman and Ripper. This soul can be replaced with other more powerful rear-guard souls later in the game, such as Big Golem and Cagnazzo.

The Creaking Skull is also the only boss found in the mobile version of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, with the exception of the end boss, Graham Jones.

Enemy DataEdit

Enemy Data: Creaking Skull
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	34. Creaking Skull  (Gasyadokuro)			[ edit ]
	Aria of Sorrow
	A giant corpse whose body has collapsed under its own weight.	Strong: Dark Weak: Holy HP: 240 Exp: 110	Drop: Nothing Soul: Guardian Big Bone	Castle Corridor (as a boss), Dance Hall
	Creaking Skull
	Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (mobile)
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TriviaEdit

• The enemies may be based off of the Gashadokuro (がしゃどくろ) of Japanese mythology. However, the resemblence is as far as the similiarities go.

External linksEdit

• Gashadokuro (Wikipedia)