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"A pathetic cur... like you... dares to take on... this country... this king?!"
— Demuth

Demuth Beel Zebus Halteese (デムース・ベル・ゼバス・ハルティース Demūsu Beru Zebasu Harutīsu?) is a fictional character in Namco's Soul series of fighting games. He appears in Soulcalibur III's side-quest mode Chronicles of the Sword as the king of Maletta and an enemy on Chronicle 10. He's also an unlockable Bonus Character in the main game. He represents the "Steel Fan" Create-a-Fighter discipline.

Biography[]

Demuth is the youngest of three sons of the Halteese' Royal Family. He's a glutton by nature, greatly enjoying big meals and fine drinks. One day Chester appeared before him and explained that, since he never cared for the throne, his two older brothers were already going to take it, and that his chances of taking it now were near zero.

As Demuth pondered on the idea of assassinating his older brothers, Chester offered a different plan: using the small territory his brothers arranged for him to rule, he would create a kingdom of his own, Maletta. After defeating the Halteese Army, Maletta was recognized as an independent kingdom. Demuth then planned the take of Halteese to expand its territories.

Although he was successful on assaulting Halteese's capital Epistema, his troops are forced back by Grandall's units, led by the player. Upon his failures, Chester took the advantage and proclaimed himself King of Maletta, leaving Demuth without troops. Drunk and swearing revenge on Chester, Demuth is left to die with the traitor soldier, Hyle at the hands of the player and their troops.

Profile[]

The mystic water shined in the moonlight as the trees and wind played a soothing melody.
As he savored the fine wine harvested from the fertile land, he was drunk...

The wine took his mind off his empty stomach.

Demuth was the third heir to the Halteese throne.
The man approached him while he was still living in the Halteese castle.

The man eloquently explained the situation in which Demuth is placed and the future that lies ahead of him, and what he needs to do in order to change all that.

Demuth was third in line to the throne, which meant that without an "unfortunate event," his chances of becoming the king were next to nil.
There was no way for a local lord of a small province to ascend to the throne over his two older brothers.

As Demuth was contemplating the assasination[sic] of his brothers, the man simplistically told him,

"If you want to be the king, become one."

It was indeed simple.
Demuth claimed independence from the kingdom and began rule of the province for himself.

Everything happened exactly the way the man had explained.
The castle, town, people, and services were all developed at astonishing speeds. The Halteese army, said to be the mightiest on the continent, fell one after another.
It did not take long before the Halteese recognized the Maletta as an independent kingdom.

As Demuth finished his wine, he remembered that he was hungry.
He was craiving[sic] for a huge piece of meat.

Tomorrow, the kingdom will probably expand.
Demuth was sure that the big chunk of Halteese would satisfy his hunger.[2]

Stage[]

Gameplay[]

Demuth uses a large, steel based fan to battle. His discipline is notable for being relatively quick, useful for poking at the opponent and being able to constantly poke and strike at the opponent. His style has a few guard repels he can use defensively, which is his main focus; with his focus more on safer strings and strikes, this makes him harder to overwhelm up close as he can easily use his attacks from up close or from a slight distance to punish whiffs on a whim.

His unblockable attack is possibly one of the better ranged ones as it involves a full screen wind fan attack that has two attacks: the first one will crumple knock down the opponent on hit while the second one will cause a stun similar to the tremor one that occurs when certain attacks interact with the ground, giving Demuth a free hit in that situation, with both attacks requiring a crouch to avoid both hits. Demuth struggles however offensively as he has little ways to apply guard pressure, and compared to the other disciplines, his move set is rather lacking. His reach is generally more suited for being up close as well, and his damage output isn't that high either. Overall is a more defensive based discipline that must focus on getting counter hits and punishing missed attacks to deal significant damage.

Weapons[]

Quotes[]

  • "I'll enjoy watching you squirm, Time to die!"
  • "Yes, scream in agony!"
  • "Not a bad cry, actually."
  • "Yes, my heart quivers with delight!"
  • "I'm going to dissect you slowly."
  • "This is unbearable! Simply, simply unbearable!"
  • "Pain and anguish await you."
  • "A pathetic cur... like you... dares to take on... this country... this king?!"

Trivia[]

  • Parts of his name, "Beel Zebus", are a corruption of "Beelzebuth", one of many alternate spellings of "Beelzebub" (meaning "the lord of flies"), a fallen angel and later high-ranking official, as well as one of the Seven Princes of Hell in Christian and Jewish mythology.
  • Demuth's entire costume is made from Create-a-Fighter parts. However, his body build is unique.
  • In Chronicles of the Sword, Demuth has a minor role and participation and is even relegated to a normal enemy when he fights in Chronicle 10. He's the only bonus character who never acted as a boss in any chronicle, although he could be viewed as a miniboss.
  • The Valentine Mansion (Ivy's stage) serves as his castle's interior during his sole fight in Chronicles of the Sword. Yet if timed right, just as he flees the keep (it must be destroyed when he exits), his stage is represented as the Romanian Valley Castle Siege.
  • If the player takes too much time (ten to fifteen minutes) in reaching Hyle, Demuth can be seen escaping to either of the two towers which stand before the Malettan castle. Hyle then is alone in the castle's keep and Demuth fights in the tower alone after Kierkess sends all his troops when the keep is destroyed/taken over by the player. If the player takes too long (leaving the game paused included) he will retreat to either tower with the Hellgenous.
  • Demuth's Destined Battle during Quick Play is Zasalamel.
  • At least one of his moves is borrowed from Ling Xiaoyu from the Tekken series.
  • Halphas is his older brother, who was bested by the player only to later be killed by Mooncalf. His other older brother is unknown, yet possibly Kureha or Yufeng within Chronicle 7.
  • His facial build resembles that of late sumo & professional wrestler, Haruka Eigen.

Series' appearances[]

Gallery[]

Soulcalibur III[]

Universal Fighting System[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://chasmitchellvoice.com/resume.html
  2. ^ "SOULCALIBUR III". Soul Archive. NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
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