Orobas

Dragon Quest monster Orobas
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese バルバロッサ Romaji Barbarossa First appearance Dragon Quest V Old localisation None Variants Gamigin
Samigina

The Orobas, known in Japan as "Barbarossa", is a blue variant of the Gamigin and the Samigina with a beard of a light red and orange hue. It is the strongest of this family of monsters and generally the last one players will face.

Appearances

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Orobas Big Book of Beasts No. : 149

Sprites Attributes SFC PS2 DS & Mobile HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate 171 16 410 98 163 155 85 0/64 N/A

Resistances Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Zap Whack Kamikazee 20% 20% 20% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% Drain Magic Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Confusion Sap 67% 20% 20% 100% 20% 67% 67% 20% 20%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Frizzle Uses yggdrasil leaf Mantleplace area Mantleplace Crocodilopolis Yggdrasil leaf1⁄32 Notable changes in the remakes None

Etymology

Orobas is the name of the 55th demon of the lesser key of solomon. Described as a man with the head of a horse, he is a prince of hell and reveals the truth of the past and future when summoned.

In Japanese, his name (バルバロッサ barubarossa Barbarossa) means "red beard" in Italian (barba = beard, rosso/rossa = red). It was also a nickname for Frederick I (often known as "Frederick Barbarossa"), the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190 who had a red beard.