Lleviathan

Dragon Quest monster Lleviathan

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ぬしさま Romaji Nushisama First appearance Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Lleviathan (ぬしさま Nushi sama) is a giant boss shaped like a whale in Dragon Quest IX, appearing in the costal village of Porth Llaffan.

There are two Lleviathans you can meet in the game, one is the Fygg-changed form of Jona Joness, the other is a real Lleviathan that lives around for a long time. The first is a boss that must be beaten to continue the main story. The other is available after the game is beaten, met through a quest given by Jona Jones.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##262 - Lleviathan
File:Lleviathan.png
HP MP Experience Gold 1,256 32 4,134 960 Attack Defense Speed 110 90 36
Dropped Item
Locations
Skills	Tidal Wave (30~37 non-elemental damage to entire party.) Massive swipe (Damages entire party.)
Family	Aquatic
Capture Rate
Bestiary #	#262
Game
Console	DS
Japanese Name	ぬしさま
Romanized Jap.	Nushisama
Description	The people of Porth Llaffan worshipped this watery deity, which was really Dylan Jones in fygg-changed form.

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	100	100	100	100	100
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
125	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	0	0	0	0	75
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
0	0	0

2nd Appearance

##262 - Lleviathan
File:Lleviathan.png
HP MP Experience Gold 3,520 50 32,000 4,000 Attack Defense Speed 278 256 128
Dropped Item
Locations
Skills	Desperate attack Tidal Wave Massive swipe (Damages entire party.)
Family	Aquatic
Capture Rate
Bestiary #	#262
Game
Console	DS
Japanese Name	ぬしさま
Romanized Jap.	Nushisama
Description	He once swam with countless companions in the seas around Newid Isle, but Lleviathan is now sadly one of the last of his kind.

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	100	100	100	100	100
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
125	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	0	0	0	0	75
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
0	0	0

Dragon Quest Tact

Lleviathan appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest IX event. He will join the party in Chapter 4, Episode 1 of the event quests entitled Lt Goreham-Hogg and he stars in his own Battle Road. Lleviathan can be fully awakened by completing the Fantastical Fish Hunt of "Move out! Exploration Team Majellan" at any difficulty.

Etymology

• The Japanese name of Lleviathan is ぬしさま, where ぬし(nushi) means "the Lord" or "god" and さま(sama) is a suffix used for courteous addressing. This is probably because Lleviathan is worshiped by the inhabitants of Porth Llaffan as the God of Sea.
• The double L in its name is the Welsh Ll sound, owing to the Welsh dialect found in Porth Llaffan.
• Lleviathan is a reference to the Leviathan, a sea monster mentioned in the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible. It appears as a metaphor in the Book of Job and as the creature that swallows up Jonah in the titular book, which is played out when Lleviathan swallows Jona Jones before the Hero engages the creature in battle.

Similar species

• Pale whale
• Stale whale

Gallery

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  Lleviathan in Tact.