Kikoku

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Statistics Kikoku (Katana) All Races DMG: 42 Delay: 210 Attack +20 "Blade: Metsu" Additional Effect: Paralysis Lv. 75 NIN Damage Per Second: 12 TP Per Hit: 5.7% 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.

Quest

• Relic Katana: Kikoku
  

Notes

• Obtaining this weapon is a very hard and tedious quest. It will require an amount of devotion and sacrifice that most can not meet. The following coins are required, per stage, to complete this weapon, starting from stage 2 to stage 5(final product).

• • Stage 2: 4 - One Hundred Byne Bill
  • Stage 3: 16 - Lungo-Nango Jadeshell
  • Stage 4: 61 - Montiont Silverpiece
  • Stage 5: 1 - Ten Thousand Byne Bill

• This weapon requires a total of 18,100 coins from dynamis.

• This is an estimation of the cost.

-Assume that each individual 1 byne bill costs 7k, and both of the individual whiteshells, and bronzepieces cost 10k.

This weapon will cost you 147,000,000.

-If you assume that the 1 bynes are 7k and the whiteshells and bronzepieces are 12k.

This weapon will cost you 162,000,000.

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.