Blight knight

Dragon Quest monster Blight knight
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ヴァルハラー Romaji Baruharā Translation Valhalla First appearance Dragon Quest IX Variants Fright knight
Night knight
Maeve

The Blight knight is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Blight knights are large skeletal swordsmen that wear a set of purple and grey armour, wielding a giant broadsword in one hand and a round shield in the other. Long ragged capes that drag along the ground are attached to their pauldrons. Their bones have been plundered from the bodies of warriors that fell in battle challenging them. In battle, the skeletal knights specialise in defensive tactics, casting Bounce on themselves to redirect enemy spells and launching counterattacks against would-be melee attackers. They are also capable of landing desperate attacks with their massive swords. In some spinoff games such as Stars and Super Light, the blight knights have traded in their broadswords for a deadly Headsman's axe instead. The blight knight's Japanese name, Valhalla (ヴァルハラー, Baruharā^?), is a reference to a majestic hall in Norse mythology located in Asgard where half of the einherjar, warriors who were chosen to battle in the afterlife, reside. It is ruled over by the god Odin.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Blight knight (ヴァルハラー, Baruharā) Defeated Monster List No. : #237

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Zombie 965 24 7,000 192 695 598 298

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle -50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% -50% 0% 100% 100% 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 Bounce Desperate attack Counter Wait Grotto (Ice, rank 12) Skull helm1⁄64 Veteran's helm1⁄128 Description These demonic masters of battle know no fear, and calmly await attacks, then counter them with catastrophic quickness. They burgle the bones from brawny enemies they've beaten to beef up their bodies and get better at battle.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Caballero maldito	Spanish for "cursed knight".
Français	Seigneur saigneur	French for "Lord bloodletter".
Deutsch	Verderbnisritter	German for "knight of ruin/doom".
Italiano	Victorio	Derived from the Latin victoriosus, which means "victorious, triumphant".
中文 (繁體)	瓦爾哈拉	Transliteration of the Japanese name Baruharā, the great hall of warriors in Norse mythology.