Alphyn

Dragon Quest monster Alphyn
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese キマイラロード Romaji Kimairarōdo First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Alphyn is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, introduced in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. It is a monstrous amalgamation of several different creatures.

Characteristics

Alphyns are bizarre chimeric beasts cobbled together from the parts of various creatures. They have body shape, mane, and tuft at the end of its long tail like that of a lion with a large pair of dragon wings on their backs. Its abdomen and tail are draconic, as well, and it has a scaly carapace with four spikes covering its lower back until the start of its tail. It has a devilish humanoid face, a large pair of pointy ears, and a long tongue. In its original color scheme, the alphyn's mane, tail, wing membrane, and the various tufts on its body were teal, while its abdomen, tail, and tongue were dull gold. Its face, claws, and underside were dark pink, and it had dark purple forearms with lighter purple spikes on its wings and back. It also appears to have gold bracers on its forearms and on its tail.

The alphyn's modern color scheme consists of fuchsia on its fur and wing membrane, shades of teal for its draconic features, light orange for its face, claws, and underside, brown forearms, and white spikes on its wings and back. In battle, it has a particular affinity for explosive magic and will cast Bounce on itself to reflect spells back at enemies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Alphyn appears as a normal enemy in late game grottoes, and can drop Mirrorstones and Demon whips.

##225 - Alphyn
HP MP Experience Gold 1,246 135 6,200 195 Attack Defense Speed 525 556 436
Dropped Item	Mirrorstone1⁄32 Demon whip1⁄64
Locations	Grotto
Skills	Attacks twice per round Claw Slash Feel the Burn
Spells	Bounce Kaboom
Family	Beast
Bestiary #	#225
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Romanized Jap.	Kimairarōdo
Description	They may be made of a muddle of bits, but these fast foes attack twice, and cast Kaboom, Bounce and Feel the Burn. They were created by the Grand Architect, Zenus, to massacre the mortals, and faithfully follow his orders still.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest Tact

Alphyn appears as an A-rank monster of the Beast family during the first part of the limited Beast Fest event. It will join the player in Chapter 1, Episode 5 of the event quests and it stars in its own Battle Road. It can learn Bang, Burst Blast, and Compressed Boom naturally and its leader perk raises the spell potency of all Beast allies, including itself, in a 5x5 area by 10%.

Alphyn (キマイラロード Kimairarōdo)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Beast				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		722	356	4
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
258	230	416	303	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Bang		Burst Blast*		Compressed Boom*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Instant Spell Reflect / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Compressed Boom Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Compressed Boom Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

Raises spell potency of beast allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
WIS +10	Max MP +10	Compressed Boom Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Instant Spell Reflect: Grants a barrier that reflects spells for 2 turns at battle start.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Very Weak
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Super Weak
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Immune	Half Res
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Gallery

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  Alphyn in IX.

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  Current artwork as of Joker 2 Professional.

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  An alphyn in X.

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  Joker 2 Professional model.

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  Rivals card.

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  In Tact.

Etymology

• The alphyn's English name is derived from the mythological creature of the same name, which was used in medieval heraldry. It has the body of a stocky tiger with a long knotted tail, pointed ears, tufts of hair covering its body, and it occasionally had the forefeet of an eagle or dragon. Occasionally, all four feet are shown like the claws of a lion.
  • Despite both being named after the mythological chimaera in Japanese, the alphyn shares almost nothing in common with the recurring chimaera monsters.

Trivia

• From Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional onwards, Alphyn has Nodoph's color scheme.
• The alphyn and its variants have many features in common with the manticore, a mythological creature from Persia with the body of a lion, a pair of dragon-like wings, the tail of a scorpion, and a somewhat humanoid face.

Similar species

• Nemean
• Vermil lion
• Nodoph