Apollo
	Salamander MP: 20/use You can throw bombs. Hooray.
	Serpent MP: 20/use Slightly more useful, these snowballs will shatter on impact and damage whatever the shards hit.
	Mandragora MP: 40/use You'd think that Nathan would be quite the ladies' man, given his ability to conjure up roses at will, but no, he throws them at enemies. What a dorkwad.
	Golem MP: 30/use All of these attacks suck, and all of a sudden you can summon spears to strike from the bottom of the screen? AWESOME.
	Cockatrice MP: 60/use Calls a meteor shower to rain (slowly) upon baddies.
	Manticore MP: 10/use Creates a bit of wafting poison dusts that floats through the air.
	Griffon MP: 60/use Sends out a small tornado that will shoots wind bullets left and right until it disappears.
	Thunderbird MP: 80/use A lightning ball that will hunt down enemies and inflict damage on it repeatedly.
	Unicorn MP: 80/use Not quite as cool as the spears, but this'll cause arrows to rain from the heavens.
	Black Dog MP: 120/use Creates a dark vortex that will float around the screen. You can even create more than one, if you want.

Neptune
	Salamander MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from fire
	Serpent MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from ice. Really useful in the waterway.
	Mandragora MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from plants.
	Golem MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from earth
	Cockatrice MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from stone
	Manticore MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from poison
	Griffon MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from wind
	Thunderbird MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from lightning
	Unicorn MP: 3/time Immunity/healing from holy attacks.
	Black Dog MP:3/time Immunity/healing from dark attacks.

Uranus
	Salamander MP: 160/use Summons a Salamander (you know, fire lizard dragon thing) to rain fire.
	Serpent MP: 120/use Summons a Serpent to do ice damage to everything on the screen.
	Mandragora MP: 100/use Calls a mandragora root to shriek and cause plant-element damage to everything.
	Golem MP: 100/use Summons a golem to shower rocks on the screen.
	Cockatrice MP: 200/use Apparently some cultures thought a monster comprised primarily of a chicken was a fearful being. They were so wrong. This'll also turn enemies to stone.
	Manticore MP: 80/use Causes poisonous rains. Remember kids, CFCs are bad.
	Griffon MP: 100/use Summons a griffon to attack with blades.
	Thunderbird MP: 200/use The strongest summon in the game that will cause a massive thunderstorm.
	Unicorn MP: 100/use Mr. Friendly Unicorn will heal you. A lot.
	Black Dog MP: 100/use For something so ferocious, the Black Dog that is summon is pretty dorky. It simply moves from one side of the screen to the other drain enemies' HP to give to Nathan.

Saturn
	Salamander MP: 4/shot The bat familiar will shoot fireballs.
	Serpent MP: 4/shot The ice ghost will float around the screen until it finds an enemy, then freezes it.
	Mandragora MP: 4/shot This falcon shoots little pellets whenever you attack.
	Golem MP: 4/shot The hawk is much cooler - it'll dash around the screen and smash into baddies.
	Cockatrice MP: 6/shot The medusa head will shoot out stones when you whip, that will, yes, turn bad guys to stone.
	Manticore MP: 8/shot More poison mist to float around and attack enemies.
	Griffon MP: 8/shot This little fairy will also attack whenever you attack.
	Thunderbird MP: 16/shot The thunderbird will fly around the screen and emits a massive zap when it comes across an enemy.
	Unicorn MP: 32/shot A little angel will shoot arrows when you attack.
	Black Dog MP: 4/shot One of the only really cool familiars, the devil will charge up his shot when you hold the attack button. When you let go, it will unleash a very powerful beam based on long you charged.

Pluto
	Salamander MP: 4/use You can now use Dracula X-style item crashes. Pictured is the cross attack.
	Serpent MP: 4/use Throws two subweapons at once. Will use up the same number of hearts, except for the cross and stopwatch.
	Mandragora MP: 4/time Gives you 20% more experience for every enemy killed.
	Golem MP: 8/time If you haven't played Ninja Gaiden 2 - well, get out of here, you nerd! Otherwise, these shadows will seem very familiar to you.
	Cockatrice MP: 6/time Increases your defense based on total clock time.
	Manticore MP: 5/use Subweapons will use MP instead of hearts.
	Griffon MP: 4/time Run REALLY fast. Especially useful for exploring the castle in the later stages.
	Thunderbird MP: 4/time Increases your strength based on total clock time.
	Unicorn MP: 20/time You are totally invincible, though you cannot attack.
	Black Dog MP: 5/time Turns Nathan into a skeleton that can throw bones. His Big Bone attack is one of the most powerful in the game, but one hit from anything will kill you. If you wear the Bear Ring and use this, you'll turn into a hidden bear character from the Konami N64 games Rakuga Kids.

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