Hotupuku

File:Hotupuku.png

Hotupuku

Hotupuku
Job:	Warrior/Monk/Paladin
Family:	Bugards
Family 2:	[[:Category:|]]
Family 3:	[[:Category:|]]
Crystal:	None
Weak against:	Ice
Resistant to:
Immune to:
Absorbs:
Empty Notorious Monster
BCNM:	[[{{{bcnm name}}}|{{{bcnm name}}}]]
ENM:	Bugard in the Clouds
KSNM:	[[{{{ksnm name}}}|{{{ksnm name}}}]]
ZNM:	[[{{{isnm name}}}|{{{isnm name}}}]]
HENM:	[[{{{henm name}}}|{{{henm name}}}]]
Spawn Type:
Title Obtained:
EXP Party Type:

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Monarch Linn				1	A, T(H) ??? HP ??? MP
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

Horizon Changes

none

Notes

• Can use multiple 2-Hours. Mighty Strikes, Hundred Fists, and Invincible have been observed. Hotupuku can use more than one two-hour during a fight, though it cannot use the same 2-Hour more than once per fight.

Historical Background

In Maori mythology, the Hotupuku (more commonly rendered Hotu-Puku) was a giant lizard monster responsible for people disappearing when traveling between Rotorua and Taupo (two locations on the North Island of New Zealand). The people of Rotorua thought a neighboring tribe was responsible and sent out a war party. When they reached Kapenga, between the 2 locations, they found Hotu-Puku. The first assault was a major loss, killing many warriors, so they fled and reorganized. Purahokura (or Pitaka, depending on the account) led a second assault of Rotorua warriors, which managed to defeat the beast by using rope to strange the beast. When they cut the beast open, they found the remains of the warriors from the first assault and all the traveling parties which disappeared. The warriors roasted Hotu-puku's meat and feasted on it.