Servant of Darkness

Dragon Quest monster Servant of Darkness
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese 暗黒の使い Romaji Ankoku no tsukai First appearance Dragon Quest VIII Variants Dark Servant in Memoriam
Demon-at-arms
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The Servant of Darkness is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VIII.

It is a powerful, quadruple-armed undead warrior that serves a Demon Lord.

Characteristics

Servants of darkness are formerly powerful warriors that have been brought back as skeletons to serve evil. They have pitch-black bones and have two sets of arms, each wielding a deadly weapon. In their lower arms, they wield a pair of curved sabres, in their upper right arm a hand axe, and in their upper left arm a spiked club. The servants don black armour decorated with gold and a helmet with a tall pair of curved horns. They are able to perform violent slashing attacks with their weapons and breathe out intense flames, as well as freezing their foes solid with powerful ice magic. According to their bestiary description in X, the Servants of darkness work as chefs when they're off-duty, switching their weapons to kitchen knives.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Servant of darkness (boss) (暗黒の使い, Ankoku no tsukai ) Defeated Monster List No. : #279

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion ??? 432 Unlimited 1,600 301 369 237 156 0⁄64

Resistances Attack Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack 0% 100% 100% 100% 0% 25% 100% 25% 0% 0% 100% Army Poison Stun Paralysis Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 50% 100% 50% 50% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Kacrackle Occasionally acts twice per turn. Makes a violent slashing attack. (125% damage) Inferno Black Citadel Hades' helm1⁄128 Mirror armour1⁄256 Description Once the world's most powerful warrior, his abilities attracted Rhapthorne's attention and earned him a place as a sentinel of the Black Citadel. Notable changes in the remake

A servant of darkness appears as a miniboss as the party escapes from the Black Citadel, accompanied by a pair of dancing flames. Although it is able to resist many attacks, its HP is on par with most of the monsters encountered in the same dungeon. After dispatching the trio, the party can find a stone monument that will fully restore their HP and MP.

Servant of darkness (normal encounter) (暗黒の使い, Ankoku no tsukai ) Defeated Monster List No. : #279

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion ??? 595 Unlimited 682 89 367 177 137 0⁄64

Resistances Attack Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack 0% 100% 100% 100% 0% 100% 100% 25% 0% 0% 100% Army Poison Stun Paralysis Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 50% 100% 50% 50% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Kacrackle Occasionally acts twice per turn. Makes a violent slashing attack. (125% damage) Inferno Heavenly Dais Hades' helm1⁄128 Mirror armour1⁄256 Description Once the world's most powerful warrior, his abilities attracted Rhapthorne's attention and earned him a place as a sentinel of the Black Citadel. Notable changes in the remake

Servants of darkness can be encountered as normal enemies in the second bonus dungeon, the Heavenly Dais. They have more HP than the one encountered at the Black Citadel, but their Defence and Agility is lower.

Dragon Quest X

Servants of darkness appear as normal enemies from 6.2 onward, being encountered in the Twilight of King Zedra, and are members of the undead family. They are still able to perform violent slashing attacks in the form of Robochop and cast Kacrack, while their Fire Breath has been upgraded to Scorch.

Gallery

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  A Servant of Darkness and 2 Dancing flames from VIII. (Cell phone)
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  Two Servants of Darkness in the Heavenly Dais from VIII. (Cell phone)
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  Appearance in Super Light.
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  Rivals card.