Illithid (or Mind Flayer)
With their stiff-collared robes and octopus-like heads, these creatures match to a "T" the illustrations of the "Mind Flayer" or "Illithid" found in the DnD Monstrous Manual. In FFIV, they pick up the Illithid's signature "mind blast" attack. The connection here is indisputable.
"The Illithid, or Mind Flayer, is an evil and feared creature of the Underdark; its powers are formidable and it feeds on the brains of any creature it encounters. Using arcane powers, it enslaves or destroys its foes, which include such powerful creatures as drow and kuo-toa.
"Mind Flayers stand about 6 feet tall and have hideous mauve skin that glistens with slime. The head resembles an octopus, with white eyes (no pupils are evident) and four tentacles around its mouth, a round, many-toothed orifice like that of a lamprey. The creature has three reddish fingers and a thumb on each hand. Illithids have infravision. They can communicate with any creatures via innate telepathy; they have no spoken language, although they often accompany their thoughts with hissing, and the eager lashing of their tentacles. Mind flayers dress in flowing robes, often with high, stiff collars, adorned with symbols of death and despair."
—Taken from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual[1]
Appears in
- Final Fantasy I as Wizard/Sorceror
- Final Fantasy IV as Mage
- Final Fantasy V as Mind Flare
- Final Fantasy IX as Drakan
- Final Fantasy XI as Soulflayer
- Final Fantasy XII as Piscodaemon, Mindflayer
- Final Fantasy XV as Mindflayer
- Final Fantasy Tactics as Mind Flare, Squidlarkin, Pisco Demon
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions as Piscodaemon, Squidraken, Mindflayer
- Final Fantasy Adventure as Davias
- Sword of Mana as Mindflayer
- Final Fantasy Record Keeper as Mindflayer
- World of Final Fantasy as Mindflayer
- Mobius Final Fantasy as Mindflayer
- Final Fantasy Dimensions II as Mind Flayer
- Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius as Mindflayer
- War of the Visions as Mindflayer
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References
- ↑ Stewart, Doug (1993). Monstrous Manual (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 2nd Edition), Geneva, WI: TSR. ISBN 1-56076-619-0.
