Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus  

General Information

• Spawns from (K-8) to (J-9) on the second map of Maze of Shakhrami.

Argus's Spawn Location

• Shares a spawn timer with the notorious monster Leech King between 18-30 hours from the last ToD for either Argus or Leech King.

• Beginning eighteen hours after their ToD, sixty second windows with intervals of thirty minutes will open. If neither notorious monster spawns during a window, the next one will begin thirty minutes after the start of the previous window.

• Immune to Sleep, though susceptible to Lullaby.

Argus Special Attacks

• Black Magic - Capable of casting all Black Magic available to a level 38 Black Mage

• For elemental magic, Argus tends to favor Fire based spells.

• Hex Eye- Frontal cone AoE gaze Paralysis effect.

• Death Ray - Single target Darkness based magic damage.

• Catharsis - Self target HP recovery effect.

Historical Information

In Greek mythology, Argus was a one hundred eyed giant ordered to guard the nymph Io (in the guise of a white cow) by Hera from Zeus. In order to re-claim Io, Zeus sends the god Hermes to slay Argus. In order to bypass the giant's tendency to always keep at least one eye open, the messenger god posed as a shephard and recited boring stories to Argus until each eye fell asleep before killing him. In honor of his service, Hera emblazened Argus's eyes on the tail feathers of the peacock.

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