Garrador

Garradors are boss-like gladiator warriors in Salazar's Castle from Resident Evil 4.

Characteristics
The Garrador is, essentially, an armored human with three deadly, retractable claws of more than three feet in length, mounted in gauntlets specially grafted into each hand. Its eyes are stitched, and so it is blind. Nevertheless, it compensates this impairment by wielding with supreme skill its blades, either to slash or to impale its victim, and by its much enhanced hearing. There are two problems with this enemy; one of them is that the Plaga parasite used to force its mutation, is exposed in its spine, and thus provides a weak point. The another one, of course, is its blindness, which can allow intruders to attack it if they do so silently.

Role in Resident Evil 4
The first Garrador Leon encounters is locked in one of the first rooms he passes through after penetrating the defensive walls of Salazar's Castle. Though restrained at first, it breaks its bonds as Leon enters the room, and attacks him. In this battle, there are two bells in the cellar where the Garrador is imprisoned. Due to ist greater hearing, the tolling of the bell is much more irritating to the monster, and shooting it will drive it to a state of rage, where it will immediately try to destroy the bell, an achievement easy for something its strength. During this state of rage, the Plaga parasite can be attacked and destroyed. Next, another Garrador is found in the room where the Hourglass w/Gold Décor is found. Soon after the cage in this room is lowered, another Garrador plunges into the fray, and Leon is forced to do battle with it to survive. The last time Leon encounters the monsters is in a room after the clock tower scene; in here, it is only two bells, and it's two Garradores, one of them heavily armoured. The Garrador also appears in the The Mercenaries mode, where they appear as the special monsters of the Castle Plaza scenario.