Wight emperor

Dragon Quest monster
Wight emperor
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ロードコープス
Romaji	Rōdo kōpsu
Translation	Lord corpse
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX
Variants	Wight priest; Wight king; Tortured soul; Tortured Soul in Memoriam

The Wight emperor is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Wight emperors are zombified sorcerers that wear a mitre and tattered robes in green, blue, and red. Their eyes have sunken into their sockets and glow with a pale light and several teeth have fallen out of their skulls. In their hands, they carry a sceptre topped with a cracked skull. The wights are capable of casting several powerful spells. Its monster description in Dragon Quest X that it is ancient tyrant, clinging to its former glory, that has been brought back from the dead.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Wight emperor (ロードコープス, Rōdo kōpsu)
Defeated Monster List No. : #232

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Zombie	488	120	5,250	185	465	455	242

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
-50%	50%	0%	0%	0%	50%	-100%	25%	100%	50%	50%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	95%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Kazam (goes haywire) Kazam Kafuddle Kathwack	None	Grotto (Ice, rank 9-11)	Mitre¹⁄₆₄ Surplice¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Spine-chilling sorcerers who cast Kazam, Kafuddle and Kathwack. Face them unprepared at your own peril. They believe that life is pain and death is eternal happiness, and love treating travellers to a taste of 'contentment'.

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Wight emperor began appearing in Version 3.5, encountered in the Underground of the Great Nagaland Temple. They are still able to cast Kathwack and Kafuddle, as well as being able to cast Kazammle and Kaswoosh. The emperors are also able to use Channel Anger and can call for backup.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Emperador esquelético	Spanish for "skeletal emperor".
Français	Empereur maudit	French for "cursed emperor".
Deutsch	Todeskaiser	German for "death emperor".
Italiano	Monarca incantatore	Italian for "enchanter monarch".