The dullahan is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VIII. It is an undead warrior that resembles the legendary headless horseman, albeit without its familiar black horse from Celtic myth.
Dullahans are headless knights wielding a deadly spiked flail and bearing a shield with a hideous screaming face on it. The knights are heavily armored, wearing a breastplate, gauntlets, and greaves all made of plate over suits of chain mail, faulds of brass scales, and they wear ragged red capes hanging from their shoulders. Their armor offers them a high degree of protection against various ailments and some defense against offensive spells. The knights will strengthen themselves and their allies by casting Oomph and psyche themselves up before unleashing vicious strikes with their flails. They are often found as foot soldiers in the armies of Demon Lords. Starting with XI, the headless horseman and its kin began appearing, as well, making them closer to its mythological inspiration.
Reappearing from the 5.1 update onwards, they are found in the Netherworld and attack by flailing their maces recklessly, as well as Oomphing their allies and themselves. From this game onwards, it is the first monster of its kind to be encountered before dark dullahan.
Seen from the fall of Yggdrasil onwards, they fight the same way as in VIII and X. A few also participated in the fall of Dundrasil, where one attempts to stop Irwin, Eleanor, and a young Jade from leaving with the Luminary, but is stopped by Irwin.
Dullahan (デュラハーン, Deyurahān ) Defeated Monster List No. : #218
Blocks attacks with its shield Becomes Pepped up Swings its weapon with reckless abandon (three random attacks on party members at 60% damage each) Epic Flail (Pep power, with Dullahan)
Blocks attacks with its shield Becomes Pepped up Swings its weapon with reckless abandon (three random attacks on party members at 60% damage each) Epic Flail (Pep power, with Vicious dullahan)
Headless knights from the depths of the underworld that prowl about night after night, ever in search of their vanished noggins. Their shields have been known to screech out a sinister son from time to time
In Irish mythology, a Dullahan is a rider clad in black and riding a black horse that carries its severed head in its hand like a lantern. It is said that when it stops riding or calls out someone's name, they will die. The dullahan is believed to be repelled by golden objects. It is believed to be the embodiment of the Celtic god Crom Dubh.
A dullahan in X
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A vicious dullahan
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