Druaga (ドルアーガ Doruāga) is the main antagonist of the Babylonian Castle Saga. He is an evil demon with green skin, eight arms and four legs.
Game appearances[]
The Quest of Ki[]
Druaga appears in the opening and ending. The opening shows him stealing the Blue Crystal Rod and taking over the tower built by the Sumer Empire, becoming known as The Tower of Druaga. The maiden Ki entered the tower to recover the Blue Crystal Rod, but in the ending, Druaga turns Ki into stone on the 60th floor and he splits the Blue Crystal Rod into three rods.
The Tower of Druaga[]
Gil goes into the Tower of Druaga to save Ki and fights Druaga in the 59th floor. Druaga sends personifications of himself to face Gil, starting with a Hyper Knight, then Wizards, and lastly, a fake Quox. After Gil defeated the three enemies, Druaga himself appears in person. He has great strength and speed, and is able to warp through walls. Despite his immense power, Gil manages to slay him and frees Ki.
The Return of Ishtar[]
In the second room, Druaga's Grave, there is an image of Druaga with R.I.P. written on it. In rooms 94 and 127 there is an enemy with Gil's appearance named the Soul of Druaga.
The Blue Crystal Rod[]
Druaga is shown in the prologue, which explains events from previous games. Depending of the player's actions, Gil and Ki can go to the underworld to talk with Druaga.
Seme COM Dungeon: Drururuaga[]
Druaga is the final boss, where he uses the Diamond Mace to become Drururuaga (ドルルルアーガ). As Drururuaga, his appearance is the same, but his power is far greater than before. Despite this, Gilsh manages to defeat him at the top of the tower.
Druaga can also be summoned with a Spell Card, but he will attack both allies and enemies present in the room.
The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon[]
Druaga appears as a boss. When Gil travels back in time, he faces Druaga again in the 59th floor of the tower. After his defeat, Druaga merges with Succubus and becomes Ultimate Druaga, great increasing their powers, becoming a giant being whose only their head and eight large arms are visible.
Druaga Online: The Story of Aon[]
Druaga is fought several times and is the final boss. In the final battle he has two alternate forms: Dominion Druaga (ドミニオンドルアーガ) and God Druaga (ゴッドドルアーガ). Both forms have two types of wings and blue skin.
Eight years after his defeat, Druaga revived and built a castle named Gal Aon Adem in Aon, where he uses a demon army to conquer the land. Four heroes part on a quest to save Aon, which results on them saving Princess Inana and obtaining the Rainbow Crystal Rod, which can be used to defeat Druaga. When the heroes arrive at Druaga's throne room, Inana helps them by using the Rainbow Crystal Rod to restrain his power. However, Druaga is too powerful for them, even with most of his power sealed, and the heroes are separated. The heroes reunite again and return to the castle, and finally defeat Druaga after a difficult battle.
Appearance in other games[]
Druaga appears in the crossover Namco × Capcom, where he was revived and makes an alliance with enemies from other games, including Astaroth from Capcom's Ghosts n' Goblins series. In Chapter 35, Gil and his friends found the Tower of Druaga and went inside, facing the enemies in the way. In Chapter 37, they reach the 59th floor and fight against Druaga. Like in the original game, Druaga first sends out a Hyper Knight, then a Wizard, and a Quox before he him appears in person, and is defeated by the heroes. Later, the Soul of Druaga appears in Chapter 43 for a final battle, where Druaga has Gil's appearance.
Druaga is the boss of Stage 13 in Namco Super Wars. After his defeat, he returns in Stage 20 as Druaga Soul, taking on Gil's appearance.
Druaga also appeared as a secret boss in the games Tales of Destiny and Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon.
Druaga appeared in Namco Museum Volume 3 for the PlayStation in the intro. He also appears in the "Tower of Druaga" exhibit. Druaga makes a physical appearance in the exhibit in a secret room in the back of the room, where if the player goes through the door they will encounter an open-environment like area, with a gigantic version of Druaga standing in the middle, sword in hand and ready to fight. When in the room, Druaga will move up and down and make growling noises, adventurous music will play, and lightning will occasionally flash until the player leaves the room. Despite his threatening posture in the museum, Druaga is completely harmless toward the player, as his presence in the exhibit is simply meant to promote the playable classic Tower of Druaga game pre-built into the museum game.
In the anime[]
Druaga has several appearances in the anime The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk.
He first appeared in Jil's dream in the episode "The Great Tower of Druaga". In a parody of Star Wars, he claims to Jil that he is his father, and that he plans to remarry. Jil's armor transforms and he faces Druaga in the sky, defeating him with the help of Ishtar and his friends.
In episode 3, Druaga is shown in a flashback being defeated by Gilgamesh 80 years ago.
Druaga appears as the final boss in the Tower of Druaga game featured in the episode "Tower of Legend", where Jil defeats him. Druaga also appears in a gigantic figure on the episode "One Solitary Shield" and in the final episode "You Zapped To...".
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Etymology[]
- Druaga was based on the Hindu goddess Durga.[1]
- Druaga's name and appearance appears to be based on the Druaga presented on the 1980 book Deities & Demigods. The Druaga in the book is a lawful evil god that has scales, eight arms, four legs, and a Ruby Mace.