Alphyn

The Alphyn is a monster in the series.

Dragon Quest monster Alphyn
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese キマイラロード Romaji Kimairarōdo Translation Chimaera lord First appearance Dragon Quest IX Variants Nemean
Nodoph
Vermil lion

Characteristics

Alphyns are bizarre chimeric beasts cobbled together from the parts of various creatures. They have body shape, mane, and tuft at the end of its long tail like that of a lion with a large pair of wings on their backs. Its abdomen and tail are draconic, as well, and it has a scaly carapace with four spikes covering its lower back until the start of its tail. It has a devilish humanoid face, a large pair of pointy ears, and a long tongue. In its original colour scheme, the alphyn's mane, tail, wing membrane, and the various tufts on its body were teal, while its abdomen, tail, and tongue were dull gold. Its face, claws, and underside were dark pink, and it had dark purple forearms with lighter purple spikes on its wings and back. It also appears to have gold bracers on its forearms and on its tail. According to its monster description in Dragon Quest X, the alphyn's body was created from a Belial's wings, a Pazuzu's body, and the head of a Marquis de Léon.

The alphyn's modern colour scheme consists of fuchsia on its fur and wing membrane, shades of teal for its draconic features, light orange for its face, claws, and underside, brown forearms, and white spikes on its wings and back. In battle, it has a particular affinity for explosive magic and will cast Bounce on itself to reflect spells back at enemies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Alphyn (キマイラロード, Kimairarōdo) Defeated Monster List No. : #225

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Beast & Floating 1,246 135 6,200 195 525 436 556

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle 25% 25% -50% 25% 0% -50% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 100% 50% 50% 25% 50% 50% 50% 25% 50% 85%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items Bounce Kaboom Acts twice per turn Claw Slash (125% damage) Feel the Burn Grotto (Ruins, rank 11-12) Mirrorstone1⁄32 Demon whip1⁄64 Description They may be made of a muddle of bits, but these fast foes attack twice, and cast Kaboom, Bounce and Feel the Burn. They were created by the Grand Architect, Zenus, to massacre the mortals, and faithfully follow his orders still.

Dragon Quest X

Alphyn appeared from the beginning of the game. Like the previous game, it is able to cast Kaboom and Bounce, as well as use Feel the Burn to increase its Tension.

Dragon Quest Tact

Alphyn appears as an A-rank monster of the Beast family during the first part of the Beast Fest. It will join the player in Chapter 1, Episode 5 of the event quests and it stars in its own Battle Road. It can learn Bang, Burst Blast, and Compressed Boom naturally and its leader perk raises the spell potency of all Beast allies, including itself, in a 5x5 area by 10%.

Alphyn (キマイラロード Kimairarōdo)

Image Attributes Role Max level HP MP Move Magic 130 815 395 4 Attack Defence Agility Wisdom Weight 258 230 416 303 35 Resistances Frizz Sizz Crack Woosh Bang Half Res Half Res Normal Very Weak Normal Zap Zam Snooze Poison Physical Lock Very Weak Normal Super Weak Normal Normal Spell Lock Martial Lock Breath Lock Hobble * Stun * Normal Super Weak Normal Half Res Immune Dazzle Curse Paralysis Confusion Charm Half Res Normal Normal Normal Normal Skills Basic skills Awakening skills Bang Burst Blast (Level 22) Compressed Boom (Level 42) Instant Spell Reflect / Stats Up Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up Compressed Boom Potency +5% / Stats Up Sizz Res +25 / Stats Up Compressed Boom Potency +5% / Stats Up Perks Basic perks WIS +10 Max MP +10 Compressed Boom Potency +2% Leader perk Raises spell potency of beast allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it. Awakening perk Instant Spell Reflect: Grants a barrier that reflects spells for 2 turns at battle start.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Leoncio	A male Spanish given name, derived from the Ancient Greek name Leontios, which means "lion".
Français	Imbroglion	From the French imbroglio and lion.
Deutsch	Pantherror	From Panther and terror.
Italiano	Signore dei leoni	Italian for "lord of te lions".
中文	客迈拉	Simplified Chinese for "chimaera".

Gallery

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  Alphyn from Dragon Quest IX
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  Monsters: Joker 2 Professional art.
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  An alphyn in X.
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  Joker 2 Professional model.
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  Rivals card.
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  The alphyn in Tact

Trivia

• The alphyn's English name is derived from the mythological creature of the same name, which was used in medieval heraldry. It has the body of a stocky tiger with a long knotted tail, pointed ears, tufts of hair covering its body, and it occasionally had the forefeet of an eagle or dragon. Occasionally, all four feet are shown like the claws of a lion.
  • Despite both being named after the mythological chimaera in Japanese, the alphyn shares almost nothing in common with the recurring chimaera monsters.
• Starting with Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional, the Alphyn uses the Nodoph's colour scheme.
• The alphyn and its variants have many features in common with the manticore, a mythological creature from Persia with the body of a lion, a pair of dragon-like wings, the tail of a scorpion, and a somewhat humanoid face.