Meena Mahabala

Meena Mahabala
Dragon Quest IV
Sprite(s)
Japanese name	ミネア
Romaji	Minea
Class	Fortune-teller
Race	Human
Age	18
Family	Maya (sister) Mahabala (father)
Voice actor	Hiroko Emori (CD Theater) Yōko Hikasa (Japanese, Heroes II, Rivals) Mariam Haque (English, Heroes II)

"I am consulting the cards...and they are saying we will have girl problems... In a castle filled with women, this is a little worrying."

Meena Mahabala (ミネア, Minea in Japanese, Nara in the NES localization) is a playable character from Dragon Quest IV.

Appearance and Personality

Meena is nearly the spitting image of Maya, her older sister. She dresses much more conservatively compared to her sister, though they wear identical headpieces. Meena carries a crystal ball with her everywhere, which she uses to tell fortunes. While she and her sister both have long purple hair, Meena does not have bangs/fringe.

Meena is an extremely reserved and quiet person, and very rational. This disposition leads her to often scold her sister for her poor judgement regarding their money, and her general laid-back demeanor. But, despite these stern traits, she is still a very kind person at heart, looking out for her sister when the two set out to avenge their father's murder, and charging only a minuscule amount of gold for her fortune-telling services. During her travels with the Chosen, Meena will occasionally have cryptic visions of the near future.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Story

Chapter 4 begins with Maya and Meena performing at the town, Laissez Fayre, which is populated almost entirely by entertainers and tourists. They use their job as a cover and the town as a base to investigate the murder of their father, a prominent alchemist. Though they suspect his apprentice, Balzack, killed him in order to steal the Secret of Evolution, they have nothing to back up their claims, and keep them to themselves for the time being.

After following the trail through several towns across the entire country, they finally confronted the murderer at his castle. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts, his true King arrives to soundly defeat them in battle and throws them into the dungeon. Luckily, the only other occupant points them to a secret exit, and after they escape, they flee directly to Endor.

In Chapter 5, Meena is attempting to continue her fortune-telling business, but Maya blows all the gold they'd earned on their journey at the Casino, leaving them fairly stranded in the city. Luckily, the Hero has been told to seek out his destined allies, and locates Maya and Meena in short order. When Meena reads his fortune, she realizes that he is the prophesied hero and immediately joins the party.

The two are briefly separated in Con Cave and are approached by demonic doppelgangers of The Hero (while The Hero also battled doppelgangers of the sisters). When coming across the real Hero, Meena is more trusting while Maya quizzed him/her. Afterwards, they regroup and find the Symbol of faith.

A while later in Chapter 5, the party confronts Balzack, at Castle Zamoksva. He has used an imperfect version of the Secret of Evolution to become Baalzack, but the party is still able to kill him, avenging the death of the sisters' father at long last.

Abilities

The cards do not lie.

In the Dragon Quest III class system, Meena is a priest. She has sole access to the Woosh series of spells, which gives her some magical offensive options, but she does lose out on some stronger healing magic.

As a spell caster, Meena possesses low Strength, Resilience, and HP, but high Wisdom, Luck, and MP, and many useful healing and buff spells. As the sole character with access to the vital Insulatle spell, she is a crucial ally against the Lord of the Underworld and other enemies that rely on breath weapons. Like Kiryl, she has access to some stronger equipment such as swords, spears, and armor, but will be quickly surpassed in physical combat.

Spells

Level Learned	Original Japanese	NES Version	DS Version	Spanish Version	MP
1	Hoimi	Heal	Heal	Minicuración	2
3	Rariho	Sleep	Snooze	Sueño	3
8	Bagi	Infernos	Woosh	Minitornado	2
10	Kiariku	Numboff	Tingle	Reactivación	2
13	Behoimi	Healmore	Midheal	Semicuración	4
16	Rarihoma	Sleepmore	Kasnooze	Somnolencia	3
20	Zaoraru	Vivify	Zing	Semirresurrección	8
23	Bagima	Infermore	Swoosh	Tornado	4
26	Behoma	Healall	Fullheal	Maxicuración	6
29	Fubaha	Barrier	Insulatle	Aislar	6
32	Bagicrossu	Infermost	Kaswoosh	Supertornado	8
35	Megazaru	Farewell	Kerplunk	Sacrificio resurrector	All

Stats

Handing over the ultimate key.

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	18	574
MP	7	407
Strength	4	149
Agility	4	167
Resilience	9	94
Wisdom	6	207
Luck	6	171
Initial gear	Copper sword, Silk robe

• PSX version

Equipment

Dragon Quest IV (All)
Weapon	Modifier(s)
Cypress Stick	Attack +2
Falcon Knife Earrings	Attack +5
Staff of Salvation	Attack +5
Oaken Club	Attack +7
Copper Sword	Attack +12
Divine Dagger	Attack +14
Hunter's Bow	Attack +18
Silver Tarot Cards	Attack +21
Poison Moth Knife	Attack +24
Holy Lance	Attack +33
Thalian Staff	Attack +33
Staff of Divine Wrath	Attack +35
Staff of Antimagic	Attack +50
Somatic Staff	Attack +55
Magma Staff	Attack +63
Liquid Metal Sword	Attack +130
Gringham Whip	Attack +135

Dragon Quest IV (All)
Helmet	Modifier(s)
Leather Hat	Defense +2
Hairband	Attack +5
Feathered Cap	Attack +8
Golden Tiara	Attack +12
Happy Hat	Attack +15
Liquid Metal Helm	Defense +50
Death Mask	Defense +200

Dragon Quest IV (All)
Armor	Modifier(s)
Plain Clothes	Defense+4
Wayfarer's Clothes	Defense+8
Dancer's Costume	Defense+8
Silk Robe	Defense+10
Leather Dress	Defense+14
Fur Coat	Defense+22
Bronze Armor	Defense+25
Iron Armour	Defense+30
Robe of Serenity	Defense+33
Magic Vestment	Defense+35
Pink Leotard	Defense+38
Spangled Dress	Defense+40
Flowing Dress	Defense+43
Magical Skirt	Defense+45
Glombolero	Defense+47
Shimmering Dress	Defense+50
Angel Leotard	Defense+60
Liquid Metal Armor	Defense+95

Dragon Quest IV (All)
Shields	Modifier(s)
Leather Shield	Defense+4
Scale Shield	Defense+7
Iron Shield	Defense+12
Liquid Metal Shield	Defense+60

Dragon Quest IV (Remakes)
Accessories	Modifier(s)
Strength Ring	Strength+8
Mighty Armlet	Strength+25
Mercury's Bandana	Agility+15
Meteorite Bracer	Agilityx2
Prayer Ring	Defence+5
Gold Bracer	Defence+5
Fishnet Stockings	Defence+8
Kamikazee Bracer	Defence+15
Kerplunk Bracer	Defence+15
Recovery Ring	Defence+15
Ruby of Protection	Defence+15
Goddess Ring	Wisdom+33
Lucida Shard	Luck+5
Bunny Tail	Luck+8
Gospel Ring	Luck+50
Elevating Shoes	Luck+50

Silver Tarot Cards

Meena's Silver Tarot Cards.

One of Meena's most unique traits is her ability to read her Silver Tarot Cards during battle, with each drawn card causing a unique effect. The effects of the cards ignore any resistances a monster may normally have, save for bosses. If the player orders her to divine more than three times during a single battle, the Fool card will always be drawn. Also, Meena can use the cards outside of battle to read the player's fortune. This will not affect the game, but provides interesting dialogue from the Seer.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Meena appears as one of the special guests at the Quester's Rest in Stornway. This could be obtained when the DQVC was available using Nintendo's Wi-Fi Channel. When spoken to, she gives the player different pieces of her outfit for fulfilling certain conditions.

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Meena appears as one of the new playable characters in the second game. Her Coup-de-Grâce is Starfall, which summons a meteor shower to strike all her enemies. She uses her tarot cards as her weapon of choice.

• Justice: Casts Poof on all enemies and sends them flying into the blue.
• Devil: Casts Kasap on all foes.
• Death: Casts Whack on one enemy.
• Sun: Restores a moderate to large amount of health to all allies.
• Moon: Lowers the accuracy of all enemies.
• Strength: Casts Oomph on a random ally
• Star: Doubles the amount of experience and gold received after the current battle.
• Tower: Casts Zap on all enemies. Damage is calculated as Meena's level multiplied between 0.5 and 2.
• Fool: Casts Thwack on the entire party!

Names

Meena is known as Minea in the original Japanese and Nara in the NES localization. Her English name is the phonetic spelling for the Korean word for twin, Miena.

Trivia

• There are a pair of sisters in Greenthumb Gardens who are a reference to Meena and her sister Maya in Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past.

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  More Famicom art.

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  Mutsumi Inomata artwork.

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  Card detail from "Legend in the Dark" novel.

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  PlayStation art.

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  Meena consulting her crystal ball, PlayStation art.

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  Meena praying, PlayStation art.

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  DQ Heroines.

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  Itadaki Street Portable.

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  Itadaki Street Portable.

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  Dragon Quest Heroes II.

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  Meena alongside her sister in Dragon Quest Heroes II.

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  Meena fighting with her tarot cards.

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  Meena casting Kaswoosh on a group of monsters.

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  Meena wielding the Royal Flush tarot cards.

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  Meena in a swimsuit from Dragon Quest Rivals