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{{Monster Infobox
|title=Belisha beakon
|image=[[File:Belisha_Beakon.png|center|150px]]
|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
|kanji=アカイライ
|romanji=Akairai
|old=Blue Beak, BlueBeak
|firstappear=''[[Dragon Quest III]]''
}}
'''Belisha beakons'''  are an enemy first encountered in ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''. They are blue Beakons that have picked up wind magic to attack multiple prey at once.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
{{DQ3Enemy
|name=Belisha beakon
|kanji= アカイライ
|romanji=Akairai
|bestiaryNumber=#076
|sprite=[[File:Belisha Beakon DQIII NES.png]]
|lvl=23
|hp=60
|mp=16
|exp=372
|gold=32
|attack=60
|defense=52
|agility=33
|spells=[[Woosh]]
|skills=Occasionally acts twice per turn
|item=[[Words of Wisdom]] (1/2048)
|locations=[[Persistence]] region
|evasion={{fraction|0|64}}
|fire-resist=0%
|crack-resist=0%
|woosh-resist=25%
|zap-resist=0
|whack-resist=25%
|kamikazee-resist=0%
|poof-resist=100%
|dazzle-resist=25%
|snooze-resist=25%
|drain-magic-resist=0%
|fizzle-resist=25%
|fuddle-resist=0%
|sap-resist=25%
|deceleratle-resist=0%
|snes-sprites=[[File:Belishabeakonsnes.png]]
|gbc-sprites=[[File:Belisha beakon III gbc.png]]
|switch-sprites=[[File:Belisha beakon III switch.png|55px]]
}}

==={{DQ9}}===
{{Enemy
|float=
|image=[[File:Belisha beakon IX.png]]
|name=Belisha beakon
|game=[[Dragon Quest IX]]
|console=DS
|romanji=
|hp=136
|mp=10
|attack=146
|defense=143
|agility=167
|experience=1460
|gold=104
|droppedItem=[[Crimson coral]] (common, 1/32)<br />[[Red tights]] (rare, 1/64)
|skills=Attacks twice per turn<br>Call for backup
|spells=[[Swoosh]]
|family=[[Bird family]]
|bestiaryNumber=193
|description=Their whirlwind speed allows them to attack twice per turn, wards off wind spells and makes them masters of Swoosh.<br />Big fans of clean air and a fresh breeze, they are keen climbers, but don't care for Upover on account of its close climate.
|locations=[[Realm of the Mighty]]<br />[[Ondor Cliffs]] (high ground)<br>[[Grotto]]
|}}

==={{DQ10}}===
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==Etymology==
An embellishment of the basic "beakon" pun, referring to [[wikipedia:Belisha beacon|Belisha beacons]] - the illuminated orange globes at the top of the black-and-white striped poles marking [[wikipedia:Zebra crossing|zebra crossings]] in the United Kingdom. The Japanese name of the monster, "Akairai", is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Achaierai|Achaierai]] monster from the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

==Origins==
All three Beakon types are exaggerated parodies of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae| Phorusrhacidae] family of flightless birds. More commonly know as terror birds, these walking hatchets possessed enormous beaks and existed as apex predators in the plains of South America roughly 2 million years ago in the Cenozoic era.

==Similar species==
*[[Beakon]]
*[[Weaken beakon]]

[[Category:Dragon Quest III enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest IX enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest X enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest of the Stars enemies]]