Siren sword: Difference between revisions

|title = ''Siren sword''

|japanese = {{tt|ゆうわくのけん|Sword of temptation}}

|names = Seduce sword<br>Sword of illusion

|games = ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''<br>{{DQ3HD}}<br>''[[Dragon Quest V]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest VI]]''<br>''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''

The '''siren sword''' is a recurring sword in the ''Dragon Quest'' series. It has a 1/4th chance to [[confuse]] enemies in battle in all but two appearances and is usually wielded only by women.

The sword has a beautiful curved pink blade, much like a scimitar or shamshir, and has a wavy design similar to a vine on its fuller. The crossguard is golden and is shaped like a crescent moon and is embellished with small blue gemstones while the handle is purple and has a pink heart-shaped gemstone on its pommel. In ''VII'', the siren sword's design stayed mostly the same, but with a few changes, as the lower half of the blade appeared to be grey metal rather than completely pink and the hilt no longer had the heart gem at the pommel.

The siren sword has an attack bonus of +50. If used as a tool in battle, it casts [[Fuddle]] but cannot confuse slashed enemies in any version of the game. It can only be equipped by female [[Warrior]]s, [[Thief|Thieves]], [[Merchant]]s, and [[Gadabout]]s. It's obtained from Sabrina in [[Portoga]] after [[Baramos]] is defeated, and can also be dropped by [[Flying flayer]]s at a 1/256 rate.

|name=<big>Siren sword</big>

|description=Conjures a murky mist that can confuse an enemy when used as an item in battle

|vocation=[[File:Gadabout iconHD2D.png|50px|link=Gadabout]][[File:Merchant iconHD2D.png|50px|link=Merchant]][[File:Thief iconHD2D.png|50px|link=Thief]][[File:Warrior iconHD2D.png|50px|link=Warrior]]

|notes=Casts [[Fuddle]] when used as an item

|price=NA/7,350

|location=Given by Sabrina in [[Portoga]] after [[Baramos]]' defeat

The siren sword has an attack bonus of +70 and a {{fraction|1|4}} [[Fuddle]] chance. It can be purchased at [[Lofty Peak]] for 9,800 gold, and can be wielded by the [[Hero (Dragon Quest V)|the Hero]], [[Bianca]], [[Nera]], [[Debora]], and [[Madchen]].

[[Milly]] and [[Ashlynn]] can equip the siren sword for +70 attack and +51 style, and it can be purchased in [[Felonia]] for 9800 gold. The sword retains the {{fraction|1|4}} Fuddle chance, and will trigger with the [[Dragon Slash|dragon slash]], [[Double-Edged Slash|double-edged slash]], [[Flame Slash|flame slash]], [[frenzy]], [[Gust Slash|gust slash]], [[hatchet man]], [[Kacrackle Slash|kacrackle slash]], [[Lightning Slash|lightning slash]], [[Mercurial Thrust|mercurial thrust]], [[Metal Slash|metal slash]], [[Multifists|multifists]] (each hit), [[Multislash|multislash]], & [[Undead Undoer|undead undoer]] skills.

The siren sword has an attack bonus of +70, a style bonus of +51, and the alluring effect activates on the same skills as in ''VI''. It can only be equipped by [[Maribel]] and [[Aishe]]. It can be purchased from [[Vogograd]], [[Buccanham]], and the Grand Slum stage of the Immigrant Town for 9,800 gold and sold for 4,900 gold.

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The sword appears as a card in the game.

==Etymology==

In its new translation, the sword is named after the Sirens of Greek mythology. Sirens were dangerous female creatures who would lure nearby sailors with their enchanted singing and music in order to shipwreck them on the rocky shores of their islands. Most famously, Sirens appeared in Homer's Odyssey, wherein the hero Odysseus asked his shipmates to tie him to the ship's mast in order to avoid being tempted by their singing. They have been depicted in a variety of different ways, including as bird-women similar to harpies or even been conflated with mermaids in other languages.

File:DQIII_Seduce_Sword.png|''Dragon Quest III'', Famicom

File:Siren sword snes.png|''Dragon Quest VIII'', Super Famicom