Dullahan is a cursed headless man eternally in search for its lost head. It appears sometimes as a skeleton, and other times as a ghostly armored Knight. Its origin is from Irish legends of a beheaded knight that was killed by Gawain the Green Knight.

Dullahan first appeared as a rapier wielding headless skeleton in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (called the Headless Hunter). This form was used again in Super Castlevania IV, where its skull (or an unsuitable one), is carried in one arm. In Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (translated as Dhuron), it gained the ability to, after a significant amount of time passes, raise its sword in the air and have it charged by lightning, making it more dangerous if you choose to ignore it for a while. Concept art for a skeletal Dullahan boss was provided on the web site for Castlevania: Order of Shadows, though the boss did not make it into the final version of the game.

This enemy first appeared as a boss in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, where it is shown as a ghostly knight wearing heavy armor with no helmet and armed with a giant lance. Its zombie-like head floated about the room. This style boss returned in Castlevania: Dracula X and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

In Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, it is seen riding half of an undead horse, reminiscent of the Headless Horseman. He swings a sword around in the air while riding back and forth.

In Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, it appears as a regular armor without a head, armed with a sword and a shield with a face on it that breaths fire. This sword and shield armored version returned as a boss (though now decorated with some furs and a red coat) in the subsequent Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, Castlevania: The Arcade, and Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II. There are a few differences between all four of these Dullahans, however. Lament of Innocence's Dullahan had a normal silver sword, and its shield was decorated with a face. In Curse of Darkness, the Dullahan's sword and shield are glowing and purple, and as stated before, he wears furs and a red coat, and he is much more agile. The Arcade's version of Dullahan looks much like Lament's, but lacks a shield. Pachislot II's Dullahan looks like the Dullahan from Curse of Darkness, but with no shield, a different sword, and a horse.

GalleryEdit

"Fencing Zombie" in All About Akumajo Dracula guide for Super Castlevania IV

Dullahan from Japanese manual for Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Dyurahan (Dullahan) from Japanese manual for Dracula X

Concept art for Castlevania: Order of Shadows. Does not actually appear in the game.

Dullahan being released from ice in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Dullahan in Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II.

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Game Specific InformationEdit

Castlevania: Circle of the MoonEdit

See Dead Warrior

Castlevania: Portrait of RuinEdit

Dullahan is a Headless Knight who has his head floating around him and if the Body and Head connect dodge his moves until the head disconnects from the body then kill him. Dullahan is the first boss you must kill to continue. Damage can only be done to his body, whilst attacking his head will have no effect.

Castlevania: The ArcadeEdit

External VideosEdit

• Dullahan Battle Video - Nico Nico Douga video (registration required)
• Another Dullahan Battle - Nico Nico Douga video (registration required)

Castlevania: Curse of DarknessEdit

Dullahan is fought in a large square room in the Infinite Corridor, the walls of which are covered in alcoves containing heads in glass boxes.

The enemy himself a large suit of armor, with a fur lined neck and red cape. He wields a glowing purple sword, and a glowing purple shield. Both armaments are covered in ghostly purple human faces and the sword emits a trail of what seems to be souls.

He will attack using sword slash combos and shield rushes. He will occasionally leap into the air and slam his sword into the ground, emitting several shockwaves. It can be stolen from when he is in the air, and just after he hits the ground. He also has two charged up attacks. One where he will hold his sword outwards above his head with both hands, where it will emit a blue glow from the tip, and slam it into the ground, surrounding himself in a damaging blue aura. He will also charge his sword pointing straight above his head, where several blue rings with appear around the sword. He will swing it down and fire a laser out of the tip. Dullahan will spin around to cover the whole room with the laser.

Castlevania: Harmony of DespairEdit

Dullahan looks like he did in Portrait of Ruin. He is not a boss, but an advanced enemy. Instead of his body being vulnerable and head invincible, it is the opposite; his head being the only weak spot, and his armor invulnerable.

Enemy DataEdit

Enemy Data: Dullahan
Image	Name - Game Description	Statistics	Items	Location
	18. Headless Hunter
	Dracula's Curse
	'			4A. Haunted Ship, 7. Mountains, 8. Entrance
	6. Headless Hunter  (Fencing Zombie)			[ edit ]
	Super Castlevania IV
	'	HP: 48 Exp: 100 Atk: 3		B. Castle Keep
	Dullahan			[ edit ]
	Rondo of Blood
	'	HP: 92 Exp: 3500		4. Torture Chamber, 4'. River
	Dyurahan  (Dullahan)			[ edit ]
	Dracula X
	'			3. Hall
	47. Dhuron  (Dullahan Skeleton)			[ edit ]
	Symphony of the Night
	Headless skeleton. Wields a rapier.	Weak: Holy Level: 12 HP: 32 Exp: 50	Drop: Hide Cuirass, Rapier	Long Library
	Dullahan (jpn)			[ edit ]
	Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Strategy)
	'	Strong: Darkness HP: 240 Exp: 2200 Atk: 550 Def: 440	Common Drop: Platinum Armor (1%) Rare Drop: Thunderbird Card (1.4%)	Observation Tower
	65. Dullahan			[ edit ]
	Lament of Innocence
	A headless armored knight. It wanders in search of its lost head.	Strong: Fire, Ice, Dagger Weak: Lightning, Axe HP: 250	Drop: Magical Ticket, Wine	Pagoda of the Misty Moon
	145. Dullahan Lv.49			[ edit ]
	Curse of Darkness
	A ghostly knight who searches for his lost head. Has a collection of unsuitable heads in his room.	Weak: Earth, Light Level: 49 HP: 7875 Exp: 4590	Steal: Purple Glitter	Infinite Corridor
	139. Dullahan			[ edit ]
	Portrait of Ruin
	A beheaded knight who carries his severed head.	Strong: Ice Weak: Blunt, Whip, Lightning HP: 600 Exp: 500 Skill Pt: 40	Guard: Acrobat Cube	City of Haze
	41. Dullahan  (Dullahan Skeleton)			[ edit ]
	Order of Ecclesia
	This knight doesn't need a head to hand his enemies theirs.	Strong: Ice, Dark Weak: Striking, Fire, Holy HP: 88 Exp: 54 Skill Pt: 1 Atk: 34	Drop: Vol Confodere (10%)	Skeleton Cave
	Dullahan
	The Arcade
	'			Caste
	34. Dullahan			[ edit ]
	Harmony of Despair
	A beheaded knight who carries his own severed head.	Weak: Slash, Pierce, Holy	Drop: Iron Plate (5.30%) Bind: Ghost Chaser Soul: Red (2.80%)	Chapter 4,5, 6 9

Soul DataEdit