Editing Shadow minister

{{Monster Infobox
|title=Shadow minister
|image=[[Image:DQXI Shadow Minister.png]]
|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
|kanji=どくろ大臣
|romanji={{tt|Dokuro daijin|Skull minister}}
|old=None
|firstappear=''[[Dragon Quest XI]]''
}}

The '''Shadow minister''' is a recurring monster in the {{DQSeries}}, first appearing in ''[[Dragon Quest XI]]''. It is a treacherous undead priest that serves the underworld.

==Characteristics==
Shadow ministers are [[Undead family|zombified]] priests of hell whose flesh and bones have wasted away, revealing a skull with sunken, glowing eyes and teeth that have fallen out. Their robes are tattered and frayed in many places and they wear a torn blue cape with teal lining around their necks. On their heads, they wear a tall red and gold mitre denoting them as former members of the clergy. They wear rings on their bony right hands and support themselves with a tall bronze staff topped with a jade green orb. The former clerics have retained their healing magic to support their fellow monsters and can use the staves they carry to seal away the magic of their enemies, which they have a chance to drop after battle. The ministers will also call for help from its fellow undead to aid it.

==Appearances==
===''[[Dragon Quest XI]]''===
{{DQ11Enemy
|name=Shadow minister
|kanji=どくろ大臣
|romanji=Dokuro daijin
|bestiaryNumber=#105
|family={{Undead}}
|description=Sent to hell for murdering their masters, these putrid politicians roam the underworld looking for new sovereigns to serve.
|sprite=[[Image:Shadow minister XI sprite.png]]
|hp=82
|mp=10
|attack=58
|defense=85
|agility=73
|exp=135
|gold=45
|spells=[[Midheal]]
|skills=[[Antimagic|Uses its staff to emit a spellbinding light]]<br>Call for backup ([[Deadnaut]] and [[Toxic zombie]])
|items=[[Grubby bandage]]{{fraction|1|16}}<br>[[Staff of antimagic]]{{fraction|1|128}}
|locations=[[Caverns Under Octagonia]] (first act)
|evasion=N/a
|fire-resist=-110%
|ice-resist=25%
|wind-resist=0%
|rock-resist=0%
|light-resist=-125%
|dark-resist=25%
|zap-resist=0%
|drain-resist=0%
|whack-resist=100%
|poof-resist=0%
|poison-resist=0%
|paralysis-resist=25%
|fuddle-resist=25%
|snooze-resist=25%
|dazzle-resist=25%
|sap-resist=0%
|blunt-resist=0%
|deceleratle-resist=0%
|spooky-aura-anthamatize-resist=0%
|fizzle-resist=0%
|stun-resist=99%
|stumble-resist=0%
|charm-resist=100%
|beguile-resist=25%
|double-down-resist=0%
|elemental-resist=0%
}}

{{DQ11Enemy
|name=Vicious shadow minister
|kanji=どくろ大臣・強
|romanji={{tt|Dokuro daijin・kyō|Skull minister・strong}}
|bestiaryNumber=#204
|family={{Undead}}
|description=Shadow ministers driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
|sprite=[[Image:Shadow minister XI sprite.png]]
|hp=89
|mp=15
|attack=84
|defense=125
|agility=104
|exp=1,728
|gold=357
|spells=[[Moreheal]]<br>[[Fullheal]]
|skills=[[Antimagic|Uses its staff to emit a spellbinding light]]<br>Call for backup ([[Ghoul]] and [[Chasmonaut]])
|items=[[Grubby bandage]]{{fraction|1|16}}<br>[[Staff of antimagic]]{{fraction|1|128}}
|locations=[[Heliodor Region]] (second act)<br>[[Hoarder's Keep|The Sage's Trial - Hoarder's Keep]] (third act)
|evasion=N/a
|fire-resist=-125%
|ice-resist=50%
|wind-resist=0%
|rock-resist=0%
|light-resist=-150%
|dark-resist=50%
|zap-resist=0%
|drain-resist=0%
|whack-resist=100%
|poof-resist=50%
|poison-resist=0%
|paralysis-resist=25%
|fuddle-resist=25%
|snooze-resist=25%
|dazzle-resist=25%
|sap-resist=0%
|blunt-resist=0%
|deceleratle-resist=0%
|spooky-aura-anthamatize-resist=0%
|fizzle-resist=50%
|stun-resist=99%
|stumble-resist=0%
|charm-resist=100%
|beguile-resist=25%
|double-down-resist=25%
|elemental-resist=25%
}}

==Etymology==
The shadow minister's English name is a play on the [[Wiktionary:shadow minister|term]] of the same name, which is defined as a member of an opposing political party in Britain and some Commonwealth parliaments.

==Related monsters==
===Similar species===
*[[Wight prince]]
*[[Wight king (Dragon Quest V)|Wight king]] (''V'', ''XI'')

===Close cousins===
*[[Tortured soul]]
*[[Wight priest]]
*[[Wight king]] (''VIII'', ''IX'')
*[[Wight emperor]]

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
DQXI Shadow minister.jpg|''XI'' polygon model
DQXI Vicious shadow minister.jpg|A vicious shadow minister
DQR Dokuro Daijin.png|''Rivals'' card
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Zombie family]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest XI enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Rivals enemies]]

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