Chimera Clot

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Job: Warrior Family: Slimes Crystal: Water Weak to: Fire Strong to: Water, Melee

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Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Arrapago Reef	75 - 76			1 Fished up	A, H, Sc ??? HP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Historical Background

A clot is a word used to refer to a viscous, thick, coagulated mass of some substance, usually blood. It is also sometimes used to refer to a clump, mass, or lump of some material, such as clay, but this is a more uncommon use. Basically, a clot is a viscous mass of blood. The Chimera portion comes from the Chimera portion in Greek mythology (see Khimaira), but refers to the blood of entities called chimeras in FFXI, specifically Lamiae & Merrows. Thus, the Chimera Clot would be a sentient clot of the blood of a Lamia (or Merrow). However, clot-type monsters in Vana'diel are simply a subspecies of slimes, so the name is likely just an exaggeration or instance of creative naming.