Taisai

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Job: Black Mage Family: Hecteyes Crystal: Dark Weak to:

Taisai

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Ranguemont Pass	35-38	Hecteyes Eye (???%) Mercury 1-2 (???%)		3	A, H
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 around (G-5)
• If all 3 are left untouched and unaggroed for an extended period of time, one will despawn and Taisaijin will spawn in its place.

Historical Background

Taisai (大祭) means "great festival" in Japanese and is used to refer to festivals in general. It is unclear though, how this relates to the Hecteyes monster form.

Actually, from the Japanese title obtained from the nm "さよなら太歳", I am pretty sure "Taisai" should be "太歳" in Kanji. "太歳" is the from Chinese astrology. It's an imaginary star that's under the horizon, and moves opposite to Jupiter. It's sometimes believed to be a protective deity, but more often, the bringer of bad fortune.