Heliodromos

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Job: Family: Hippogryph Crystal: Light Weak to: Notorious Monster

Heliodromos

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Riverne - Site #A01		Mountain Gaiters (???%)		3	A, L, T(S)
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

Notes:

• Spawns on the island at L-11 to M-11 approximately every 12-15 hours, if the Hippogryph on that island are not aggroed, attacked, or killed during that time.
• Three copies of the NM spawn at once, and they will all link if any of them are attacked.
• These NMs must be fought and killed together within a short period of time. They will despawn if one of them is killed and the two others aren't killed within around 10 minutes; if one is killed and the party killing the others leaves the island or dies, the other copies of the NM will immediately despawn.
• Susceptible to sleep. Soporific was resisted once and only lasted about 20 seconds. Light Shot seemed to last under 30 seconds as well. A dedicated sleeper for each one would be recommended.
• Item Drops: Mountain Gaiters can drop from each NM, although it is not a 100% drop.

Historical Background

Heliodromos (also spelled Heliodromus) means "sun runner" in Greek. It was one of 7 grades in the cult of Mithra. It was the 6th grade out of 7 (the 2nd highest). The 7th grade was reserved for the priests of the cult, thus Heliodromos was the highest rank of a non-priest member of the Mithraic cult. It seemed to refer to a runner protected by the Sun. In murals, it was depicted as a man holding a torch running (it is possibly analogous to the Olympic torch-bearer). Sometimes it is translated as "solar messenger", though dromos pertains to running.

The grades were as follows:

Grade	Planet	Emblem
Corax (Raven)	Mercury	Wand, beaker
Nymphus (Bride)	Venus	Crown, lamp, veil
Miles (Soldier)	Mars	Spear, helmet
Leo (Lion)	Jupiter	Thunderbolt
Perses (Persian)	Moon	Scimitar, scythe
Heliodromos	Sun	Crown, torch, whip
Pater (Father)	Saturn	Ring, staff, cap

The next level was impossible to achieve in life, but was the goal of everyone in the cult:

Grade	Planet	Emblem
Aeternitas (Eternity)	Stars	N/A