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{{Infobox Monster
| image = Tiamat.PNG
| image caption = Tiamat
| job = [[Warrior]]
| family = Wyrms
| crystal = Fire
| weaknesses = {{element|Water}} {{element|Lightning}}  
| resistances =  {{element|Fire }} {{element|Ice}} 
| immunities = 
| absorbs = 
| type = Notorious Monster
| subtype = 
| tier = 
| title obtained = Tiamat Trouncer
}}
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! Zone || Level || Drops || Steal || Spawns || Notes
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|[[Attohwa Chasm]]
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*[[Adaman Ingot]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=60/1000|0|0}}
*[[Beetle Blood]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=60/1000|0|0}}
*[[Behemoth Hide]]     {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=130/1000|0|0}}
*[[Damascus Ingot]]    {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=30/1000|0|0}}
*[[Damascene Cloth]]   {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=30/1000|0|0}}
*[[Divine Log]]        {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=90/1000|0|0}}
*[[Dragon Blood]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=60/1000|0|0}}
*[[Dragon Heart]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=70/1000|0|0}}
*[[Dragon Meat]]       {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=70/1000|0|0}}
*[[Dragon Talon]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=60/1000|0|0}}
*[[Crier's Gaiters]]   {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=false|0|0}}
*[[Malboro Fiber]]     {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=70/1000|0|0}}
*[[Noritsune Kote]]    {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=300/1000|0|0}}
*[[Oxblood]]           {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=110/1000|0|0}}
*[[Siren's Hair]]      {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=90/1000|0|0}}
*[[Wyrm Horn]]         {{Hxi Drop Rate|asb=490/1000|0|0}}
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|[[Riverne - Site B01|Riverne - Site #B01]]
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|align="center"|1<br>''Summoned by [[Bahamut]]''
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{{Monster Notes}}
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{{Monster Information|NM
| spawn conditions = *Spawns around {{Location Tooltip| area = Attohwa Chasm| pos = E-9}} every 84-108 hours.
:*Chance to spawn in 1 hour windows.
| special abilities = :'''While grounded'''
*'''[[Draw In]]'''
*'''[[Mighty Strikes]]''' (multiple times)
*'''[[Absolute Terror]]''': Inflicts [[terror]] on a single target.
*'''[[Fiery Breath]]''': [[Breath Attack]] which deals fire damage. Avoided by standing on the wyrm's feet.
*'''[[Tebbad Wing]]''': Wing attack which afflicts anyone hit with [[Plague]]. Can be used in flight also.
*'''[[Horrid Roar]]''': Dispels all buffs including food and resets enmity.
*'''[[Spike Flail]]''': Massive AoE damage; only used if someone outside the range of the wyrm's head pulls hate.

:'''While in flight'''
*Attacks are fire-based when the wyrm is in flight.
*'''[[Fiery Blast]]''': High fire-based damage AoE attack.
*'''[[Touchdown]]''': Used upon landing.
| passive traits = *[[Auto Regen]] (low)
*Takes ~50% damage from magical attacks and ranged attacks.
| physical qualities = *Gains a large [[attack]] boost when health is under 25% which cannot be [[Dispel]]led.
| magical qualities = *Casts [[Blaze Spikes]] and [[Firaga III]].
*Fairly susceptible to both [[Water]] and [[Thunder]] elements.
*Can be slept fairly easily by level 90 players, even without [[Elemental Seal]].
| further notes = *'''Tiamat''' lands and flies on two-minute intervals. However, a phase change will be forced after 10,000 damage is dealt, regardless of the time spent in its current phase. (Note: If [[Mighty Strikes]] is active while Tiamat is on the ground, she will not fly under any circumstances until the duration of [[Mighty Strikes]] has expired. Nor will Tiamat use any TP abilities during [[Mighty Strikes]].)
}}
=== Historical Background ===
In Mesopotamian mythology, Tiamat (Tiamat (Babylonian), Tamtu (Sumerian)) is a giant female dragon which was the primordial creatrix of all existence. She created the world and the gods, though this world had no land and was a vast water-world, filled with the waters of chaos. Tiamat personified the saltwater (ocean) while her consort Apsu (Apsu (Babylonian), Abzu (Sumerian)) personified the 'sweetwater' (freshwater). The intermingling of these two waters created the gods. In the ''Enuma Elish'' (the Mesopotamian creation epic), the gods bother Tiamat & Apsu, so the two decide to kill all their children. The god Ea discovers their plan and preemptively slays Apsu or casts a spell that puts him in a death-like sleep (since the waters of Apsu still exist even after his 'death'). Tiamat then sought revenge by creating an army of monsters and a new consort, Kingu (alt. Qingu) to be their general. Tiamat was slain by [[Marduk's Jubbah Set|Marduk]] who trapped her with a "net of winds", shot arrows down her throat, and then cleaved her body in two, with the upper half creating the heavens and the sky and the lower half creating the earth. Tiamat is Akkadian for "sea".

Dungeons & Dragons (one of the inspirations for the original ''Final Fantasy'') used Tiamat as an evil dragon goddess, specifically a 5-headed dragon (one black, one red, one green, one white, one blue). This is likely where Square got the idea to place her in ''Final Fantasy I''.

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