Akbaba

Job: Family: Bird Crystal: Fire Weak to: Ice

Akbaba

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
La Theine Plateau	9 - 13	Bird Egg (10%) Bird Feather (24%)	Bird Feather	21	L, H ??? HP
Tahrongi Canyon	9 - 13	Bird Egg (10%) Bird Feather (24%)	Bird Feather	38	L, H ??? HP
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; 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; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Notes:

• The La Theine Plateau Akbabas are Pink, the Tahrongi Canyon Akbabas are black & brown.

Historical Background

Akbaba is simply the Turkish word for Vulture, although it can also refer to a griffin. The name can also refer to the Egyptian mythology some pink birds are named for. According to wikipedia:

The Akh (3ḫ meaning 'effective one'), was a concept that varied over the long history of ancient Egyptian belief. It is besides Ka and Ba one of the central elements, aspects of immortal personality, even after the death of the physical body. In this sense, it was a sort of ghost.

In later belief, the Ka was considered to change into the Akh and Ba after death, rather than uniting with the Ba to become the Akh. At this stage, it was believed that the Akh spent some time dwelling in the underworld before returning and being reincarnated as a Ka, gaining a new Ba.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_(Egyptian_soul)