The Hades' condor is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III.
Characteristics
Hades' condors are large birds of prey with purple and white plumage and a huge pair of sharp talons. In their original appearance, they has a tendency to send party members back to Patty's Party Planning Place by using the Bazoom (or Blasto) spell, forcing the player to go all the way back to Aliahan to retrieve their lost party member(s) (assuming they even know to look there - which many first time players may not), making it a very irritating foe.
Because of this, the monster is often associated with the spell, which it retained for its first reappearance in the main series in Dragon Quest VIII and a few of the spin-offs such as Dragon Quest Builders. This monster is also often associated with the sea due to appearing on the ocean in Dragon Quest III. They often possess healing magic, as well.
Appearances
Hades condor (ヘルコンドル Herukondoru) Bestiary Number: #070
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Skills
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Item Drop
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| Blasto
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None
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Ocean
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None (NES) T'n'T ticket1⁄16
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[[File:DQ8 Bird Family Icon.png|link= Bird family]] Hades condor ( ヘルコンドル, ) Defeated Monster List No. : #118
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Dropped item
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Blasto Midheal
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Concentrates on characters with Low HP
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West Argonia
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Strong medicine1⁄8 Eagle dagger1⁄256
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A crafty monster that quietly observes its enemies to determine the weakest member of a party. Beware of its talons.
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None
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Hades condor (ヘルコンドル, ) Defeated Monster List No. : #138
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Dropped item
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| Midheal
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Grabs character with talons (125% damage)
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Insula Algarum, first act Champs Sauvage northern section at night, first act Eerie Eyrie, all acts
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Iron claws1⁄128 Eagle dagger1⁄128
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When these powerful predators aren't prowling the skies in search of prey, they're training their talons by lifting huge stones high into the air.
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Malicious hades condor (Boss) Defeated Monster List No. : #429
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Dropped item
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Kasizzle Moreheal
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Acts twice per turn Becomes pepped up Grabs character with talons (125% damage)
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Cobblestone Tor, third act
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Hades condors possessed by a powerful evil. They're capable of casting Kasizzle, with which they lay waste to everything around them.
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[[File:DQM Icon Bird.png|link= Bird family|16x16px|class=pixels]] MadCondor
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| Frizz*
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Sizz*
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Fire Breath*
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Bang*
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Crack*
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Cool Breath*
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Woosh*
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Rock*
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Zap*
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Gigaslash
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Magic Burst
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Drain Magic*
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Whack*
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Weak
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None
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None
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Weak
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None
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Strong
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Strong
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Strong
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Strong
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None
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None
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Strong
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Poison*
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Paralysis*
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Fuddle*
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Snooze*
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Dazzle*
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Fizzle
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Ban Dance
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Gobstopper
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Stun*
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Sap*
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Decelerate*
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Curse
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None
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None
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Weak
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None
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None
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Weak
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Strong
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Strong
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Strong
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None
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None
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None
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[[File:DQM2 Icon Bird.png|link= Bird family|16x16px|class=pixels]] MadCondor
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| Frizz*
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Sizz*
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Fire Breath*
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Bang*
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Crack*
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Cool Breath*
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Woosh*
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Rock*
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Water*
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Zap*
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Gigaslash
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Magic Burst
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Drain Magic *
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Whack*
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Weak
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None
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None
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Weak
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None
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Strong
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Strong
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None
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Strong
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Strong
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None
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None
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Strong
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Poison*
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Paralysis*
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Fuddle*
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Snooze*
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Dazzle*
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Fizzle
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Ban Dance
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Gobstopper
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Stun*
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Sap*
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Decelerate*
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Curse
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None
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None
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Weak
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None
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None
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Weak
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Strong
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Strong
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Strong
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None
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None
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None
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[[File:DQMJ Icon Nature.png|link= Nature family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Hades condor
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Their fearsome appearance hides a surprisingly caring demeanor.
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Spears, Axes, Hammers, Staves
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Infant Isle, Fert Isle
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Gryphon x Bullfinch
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[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Nature.png|link= Nature family|14px|class=pixels]] Hades' condor
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A Hades condor is the End Boss in Rimuldar.
Hades condor appears as a B-rank monster of the Nature family. It can be recruited normally from any banner and can participate in Crabid's Battle Road as a party member.
Etymology
Hades is the name of the afterlife in ancient Greek mythology. Despite modern depictions showing otherwise, it was not a place of suffering and most humans settled their after death. The real hell in Greek myth was Tartarus, where the the wicked were sent to suffer along with the Titans.
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