Druaga

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Druaga refers to a Babylonian deity, who was ruler of the devil world. He is sometimes considered an aspect of Ahriman.This being generally never appears to anyone the same way twice.The creature's real form has eight arms extending in talons,is scaled with ruby red hide,and has four legs ending in snakey masses,while the head is that of a beautiful boy.The combination is so hideous that it often causes enemies to be paralyzed with fear.It can change shapes at will,call on any type of devil(except the arch devils)once a day in numbers from 2-20,and it is not affected by breath weapons from any creature. Druaga only fights in person when his soul(always put in a living being) is threatened.The soul is the total essence of his being.If Druaga's bodily form is destroyed,his soul will begin regenerating a whole new being with all the memories of the old devil.The human that has Druaga's soul implanted in him or her has no knowledge of this,and will die at the same time the devil's body dies,so that when the human's body is buried,there will be a safe place for the new devil to grow. Druaga will very occasionally send a group of devils out to aid his worshippers,especially those that have recently sacrificed a virgin to their deity.He weilds a ruby mace containing all the virgin souls sacrificed to him and turns any being it hits into devils under his command. The Namco game Tower of Druaga pits the hero Gilgamesh against the demon Druaga. A sequel for the PlayStation 2, Nightmare of Druaga, had a similar storyline.