Kikoku

Statistics

Kikoku

(Katana) All Races

DMG: 42 Delay: 210 Attack +20
"Blade: Metsu"
Additional effect: Paralysis

Lv. 75 NIN

Damage Per Second: 12

TP Per Hit: 57

Weapon Rank: 4

Hidden Effect:

• Attacks will occasionally do 3 times normal damage.
• Blade: Metsu now delivers a four-hit attack.
• Aftermath grants Daken
  • Will grant Daken even if you do not have the trait.
  • If Daken is to be added at a later time it will add ontop of the base trait.

Other Uses

Used in Quest: [[|]]

Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, bazaared, or delivered.

Quest

• Relic Katana: Kikoku

Historical Background

Kikoku is Japanese for "Demon Cry" or "Demon Wail". It's derived from 鬼哭, the first kanji being 'oni' (ogre or demon), and 'KOKU' (wail, cry, weep, etc). The 'ON' reading for 'oni' is KI, which is where KIKOKU is made. It was also a Japanese movie from 2004.

There is a misconception among some that the meaning of 'Kikoku' is Japanese for "Return to one's homeland"; this is derived from an actual word, and it is correct (shown in the kanji 帰国 , meaning 'return country' respectively). However, this isn't the kanji the relic katana uses.

Vana'dielian Background

Originally wielded during the Shadowreign era by Kupalu-Harupalu.