La Velue

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Job: Family: Tiger Crystal: Weak to: Notorious Monster

La Velue

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Batallia Downs (S)	60	Amakura (???%)		1	??? 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

Notes:

• Spawns from Smilodon in (G-7), (G-8), (H-7), or (H-8) (exact spawn conditions unknown).
• When taken down to 50% will start to use TP moves rapidly.
• Uses an Area of Effect TP move named "Disorienting Wail," which inflicts Amnesia.
• Susceptible to Sleep, Bind, and Gravity.
• Thought to have a respawn time between 12 and 24 hours.
• Soloable by various level 75 jobs.

Historical Background

In French folklore, the La Velue (also called the Peluda or Shaggy Beast) is a monster which resided in rivers in western France which had the head of a snake, the legs of a tortoise, the tail of a snake, and sharp quills like a porcupine which were poisonous. It could shoot these stingers like arrows. The quills were sometimes described as small tentacles with stingers on them. Its overall color was green. Some depictions gave it the ability to breathe fire, spit a venomous acid-like substance, and cause floods. La Velue is french for “The Hairy One”.

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