The Merking is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a high-ranking monarch of the merpeople with purple scales.
These great, grumpy fish-folk lurk in the forgotten and gloomy caves of the great sea, waiting to punish all people that dare to intrude their isolated deep domains. With a huge golden frills on their backs and bright blue scales, they can be a frightful sight to behold, especially as they're armed with unimaginably huge bladed staves for smacking and smashing uninvited guests. Capable of casting crushing ice magic with Crackle, damaging a full party with frost, as well preventing all incoming spells being cast with the threatening Fizzle spell. They've even been known for spew forth a vile venomous vapor that can envenom their enemies. Oddly enough, the merkings has a tendency to drop bikinis when they are defeated.
Leaders among mermen and skilled strategists, they like to spray enemies with poison to weaken them, then call in their underlings to finish the job.
The malicious merking appears as a boss alongside a group of four (three in the 3DS version) malicious mermaniacs, threatening Michelle and Kainui at the Strand in the third act.
Malicious merking (キングマーマン・邪, Kingumāman・ja) Defeated Monster List No. : #489
XI polygon model
The malicious merking
The merking threatening the party in XI
