Sandworms

Sandworms For years the sandworm has held a place in Galkan folklore; the enormous worms were said to lurk in the deserts of the underworld, scavenging upon the interred bodies of the dead. Thought for a long time to be nothing more than a fictitious beast, proof of their existence came as a shock during the Great War when they were observed on numerous occasions, burrowing up onto the field of battle to swallow unsuspecting soldiers. The sandworm has been spotted in a number of zones, but thus far has not yielded any notable drops on its own. It can, however, teleport whole parties into burning circle fights, which can drop amazing pieces of armor.

Family Information Type: Amorphs Common Behavior: A, H Weak against: Charmable: Pankration: Aspir: Drain:

Special Attacks

Special Abilities	Wings of the Goddess Areas	Abyssea
Extreme Purgation - AoE status-effect draining move. This move can drain both negative and positive status effects.	Check
Desiccation - Strips off some (or all) of the target's equipment + knockback effect. Will also set all Job Ability timers to maximum recast time.	Check
Aeolian Void - Cone Silence + Blind + 300~ damage.	Check
Dustvoid - Knockback, damage and all equipment removed.	Check
Slaverous Gale - Cone AoE damage.	Check
Doomvoid - Draws in and teleports players in AoE to a battlefield to fight the shadowreign version of either Serket, King Arthro, or Guivre, depending on the region in which the Sandworm was found. Occasionally, Lambton Worm will randomly appear in place of one of the three NMs mentioned above, regardless of the region in which the Sandworm was found.	Check	X
Note: Notorious Monsters in this family may use all of the above and/or additional unique special abilities.

Notorious Monsters in Family

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Lambton Worm	Possible encounter after getting sucked in by Sandworm's Doomvoid		Everbloom Hollow Ghoyu's Reverie Ruhotz Silvermines	Ancient Torque Damascene Cloth Fragarach Guivre's Skull Morgana's Cotehardie Oily Trousers Venomous Claw
Minhocao	Roams around I-5 and H-6 amongst the Vermes Carnium.	??	Abyssea - Tahrongi	Vermeil Bhuj
Sandworm		~88	Batallia Downs (S) East Ronfaure (S) Meriphataud Mountains (S) North Gustaberg (S) Rolanberry Fields (S) Sauromugue Champaign (S) West Sarutabaruta (S)	None
Quest NMs: None Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: None Other NMs: None

Monsters in Family

Historical Background

Sandworms originate from modern fantasy literature, first appearing in Dune by Frank Herbert (1965) on the desert world of Arrakis. They were depicted as gigantic, eyeless worms with a mouth filled with sharp teeth. They were weak against water, which was poison to them. They produce the spice which is viciously fought over in the Dune franchise.

Since then, Sandworms have appeared in some movies during the 1980s, like Beetlejuice (1988) as giant black & white striped worms which roam a desert dimension which ghosts can visit and Tremors (1990) as smaller, but still large, sand-colored worms called Graboids that have teeth and prey on anything living that moves in the Nevada desert.

The release of the film Dune in 1984 would appear to be the inspiration for the appearances made by Sandworms in films and in Final Fantasy (1987) in the late ‘80s.