Narval

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Statistics Narval (Polearm) All Races DMG: 83 Delay: 492 HP +15 Healing magic skill +10 Additional effect vs. undead: Water damage Lv. 67 DRG Damage Per Second: 10.12 TP Per Hit: 13.3% Additional effect vs. undead This Additional Effect deals 35~40 damage, but does not activate often. Hidden Effect Allows consumption of raw fish.	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.

Dropped From

Name	Level	Zone
Zuug the Shoreleaper (NM)	70	Sea Serpent Grotto

Historical Background

Narval is likely coming from Narwhal, an Arctic species of cetacean, which explains the water damage bonus.

It has been involved in several legends; In Inuit legend, the narwhal was created when a woman holding onto a harpoon had been pulled into the ocean and twisted around the harpoon; hence the polearm weapon.

Some medieval Europeans believed narwhal tusks to be the horns from the legendary unicorn.These tusks were considered to have magical powers; this is where the Healing Magic bonus comes from.

The fact that the water damage bonus is only while fighting undead is likely to come from its origin, the horn of the unicorn, a sacred beast.