Kikoku (85)

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Statistics Kikoku (Katana) All Races DMG: 53 Delay: 210 Attack +30 "Blade: Metsu" Additional Effect: Paralysis Lv. 85 NIN Damage Per Second: 15.14 TP Per Hit: 57 Hidden Effect: Attacks will occasionally do 3 times normal damage.	Other Uses Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared, but can be delivered to a character on the same account.
Cannot be obtained as a random reward from the Gobbie Mystery Box Special Dial and similar sources.

Quest

Used in Quest:

• Trial of the Magians
  • Katana Trials

Kikoku				Kikoku (80)	Kikoku (85)
Trial 1051: 1500 Blade: Metsu against Birds	Trial 1052: 1500 Blade: Metsu killing blows against Arcana	Trial 1858: 1500 Blade: Metsu killing blows against Amorphs	Trial 1859: 2000 Blade: Metsu killing blows against Aquans	Trial 2269: 2000 Blade: Metsu killing blows against Undead

Historical Background

Kikoku is Japanese for "Demon Cry" or "Demon Wail". It's derived from 鬼哭, the first kanji being 'oni' (ogre or demon), and 'KOKU' (wail, cry, weep, etc). The 'ON' reading for 'oni' is KI, which is where KIKOKU is made. It was also a Japanese movie from 2004.

There is a misconception among some that the meaning of 'Kikoku' is Japanese for "Return to one's homeland"; this is derived from an actual word, and it is correct (shown in the kanji 帰国 , meaning 'return' 'country' respectively). However, this isn't the kanji the relic katana uses.

Vana'dielian Background

Originally wielded during the Shadowreign era by Kupalu-Harupalu.

See Kikoku/Plot Details for more background information.