Soulflayers

It is said that when a Blue Mage is no longer able to control the beast within as a side effect of using Blue Magic, they lose the ability to maintain their mortal form and are transformed into Soulflayers (among other monsters). Only highly trained and experienced Soulflayers are known to exist, leading some to believe that the theory is true. Soulflayers deserve their ungodly name.

Found naturally in the Near East regions of Arrapago Reef and Caedarva Mire, these sentient beings can be extremely difficult to defeat. Those that do can walk away with the Soulflayer's robe, staff, or even its tentacle. The robe and staff are unusable by all but the Soulflayer themselves, but are valuable due to their being made of Imperial Silk Cloth and Bloodwood Lumber, respectively – each of which can be difficult to obtain. The tentacle appears to contain certain regenerative powers, since, with some more common materials, it can be made into Hi-Ether.

Family Information

Type:	Demons
Common Behavior:	A, T(H), M, JA
Weak against:	+50%
Immune to:
Common Job(s):	Black Mage
Traits:	Magic Attack Bonus +?%
Charmable:
Pankration:
Aspir:
Drain:
Notes:	T(H) detection: (5') M detection: (20') JA detection: (20')

Special Attacks[]

Special Abilities	Aht Urhgan Areas	Abyssea	Pankration
Mind Blast: Cone Lightning Damage and Paralyze; wipes Utsusemi	Check	Check	Check
Mind Purge: Single-Target, Dispels all buffs, including Food.	Check	Check
Immortal Shield: Magic Shield effect like Rampart. Note that enfeebling spells and songs still land.	Check	Check	Check
Immortal Mind: Magic Attack Bonus and Magic Defense Bonus	Check	Check	Check
Immortal Anathema: AoE Curse	Check	Check
Tribulation: AoE Blind + 39 damage/tick Bio	Check	Check	Check
Reprobation: AoE, Dispels all buffs, including Food. Only used by Notorious Monsters.	Check	Check
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	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Ashtaerth the Gallvexed	Spawned by trading a Murmuring Glob to ??? @ (J-11)	Abyssea - Konschtat	Pedant Cape
Kadraeth the Hatespawn	Forced Spawn by trading Stiffened Tentacle to ??? @ (E-10)	Abyssea - Vunkerl	Qirmiz Tathlum Aoidos' Seal: Feet Creed Seal: Feet Mavi Seal: Feet Sylvan Seal: Feet Pulsating Soulflayer Beard
Mahjlaef the Paintorn	Forced Spawn by trading an Exorcism Treatise to the ??? at (H-7) on map 4.	Caedarva Mire	Aurum Gauntlets Fire Grip Legion Scutum Oracle's Braconi Thunder Grip
Vidhuwa the Wrathborn	Spawns at border of (G-8)/(H-8) on map 4	Caedarva Mire	Lyft Scythe
Quest NMs: Nepionic Soulflayer Mission NMs: Amnaf Battlefield NMs: None Nyzul Isle NMs: Vile Ineef, Vile Wahdaha, Vile Yabeewa Salvage NMs: Demented Jalaawa, Psycheflayer, Vile Wahzil Other NMs: Balrahn (Einherjar - Wing II), Soulflayer (Einherjar - Wing III)