Shadow minister

Dragon Quest monster Shadow minister
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese どくろ大臣 Romaji Dokuro daijin First appearance Dragon Quest XI Old localization None

The Shadow minister is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a treacherous undead priest that serves the underworld.

Characteristics

Shadow ministers are 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: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Shadow minister (どくろ大臣 Dokuro daijin)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	82	10	58
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
85	73	135	45

Bestiary no.	#105
Family	Undead
In-game description	Sent to hell for murdering their masters, these putrid politicians roam the underworld looking for new sovereigns to serve.
Spell(s)	Midheal
Skill(s)	Uses its staff to emit a spellbinding light Call for backup (Deadnaut and Toxic zombie)
Location(s)	Caverns Under Octagonia (first act)
Item(s) dropped	Grubby bandage1⁄16 Staff of antimagic1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-125%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
0%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious variant

Vicious shadow minister (どくろ大臣・強 Dokuro daijin・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	89	15	84
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
125	104	1,728	357

Bestiary no.	#204
Family	Undead
In-game description	Shadow ministers driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	Moreheal Fullheal
Skill(s)	Uses its staff to emit a spellbinding light Call for backup (Ghoul and Chasmonaut)
Location(s)	Heliodor Region (second act) The Sage's Trial - Hoarder's Keep (third act, night only)
Item(s) dropped	Grubby bandage1⁄16 Staff of antimagic1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-125%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-150%	50%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	50%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
50%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	25%	25%

Dragon Quest Rivals

The shadow minister appears as a playable monster card.

Dragon Quest Treasures

Shadow minister

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		2	100%

Bestiary no.	#59
Family	Undead
Trivia	A zombie that once helped a monarch to reign They answer to kings and will never complain These days their hips hurt, so they walk with a cane
Favorite foods
Habitats	The Maneland The Wingswept Moors The Snarl
Item(s) dropped	Princely powder Saint's ashes

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
34	34	16
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
9	4	35
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
580	790	316
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
400	20	523

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Encroaching Fear	Fullheal	Kaswoosh
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Kazam	Sage's Breath	Tragic Circle

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Feast of the Dead	Area	Dark

Traits

First		Second
Counter-Debilitator		Counter-Poisoner
Third		Fourth
Sorcereverb		Slippery Skin
Fifth
Unhealthy Advantage

Resistances

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
Weak	Quite strong	Weak	Normal
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Gravity Resistance *
Normal	Strong	Quite strong	Normal
Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Slash Resistance	Impact Resistance
Weak	strong	Normal	Normal
Piercing Resistance	Sleep Resistance	Stun Resistance	Poison Resistance
Normal	Strong	Normal	Quite strong
Debilitation Resistance *
Normal

Etymology

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

Cardinal corpses & rotten royals

• Pearly wight
• Wight prince
• Wight king (V, XI)

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious shadow minister

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  Rivals card