Murdaw

Murdaw
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Sprite(s)
Japanese name	ムドー
Romaji	Mudō
Title	Dread Fiend

Murdaw appears as the initial primary antagonist in Dragon Quest VI.

He terrorizes the world, and any who challenge him never return. As soon as the game begins, the player character, Carver, and Milly go to fight Murdaw. Upon reaching him, he defeats the party with ease and banishes them from his sight.

Characteristics[edit]

Murdaw is one of the four Dread Fiends, and the first one to be encountered. Though he is the weakest of the group, he is by far the most effective at causing chaos. His traps are devilishly clever, locking the kingdom of Somnia in a futile war in the upper world and completely disabling the kingdom in the lower by locking the royal family in an unwaking slumber and spiriting the prince away. Murdaw possesses the ability to be present at more than one location at the same time. While his true body remains situated in his lair within the Lower World, he acts through the body of King Somnus in the Upper World, thus threatening both worlds simultaneously. He can also turn his enemies to stone, ala Bishop Ladja, though he only uses it on Carver, and during his boss fight in Dragon Quest X.

Murdaw plans far in advance, recognizing that Alltrades Abbey would produce endless enemies for him and the Archfiend if not sealed away. Defeating him allows access to the Vocation system. Murdaw is fought three times, once in the Upper World and twice below.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit]

The first encounter with Murdaw is in his Upper World stronghold, the Underkeep. Upon defeating him, the player is in for a sobering shock...

The second battle is fought in the scaly sorcerer's keep in the Lower World. He is assisted by two Prickly pranksters, and can summon more of them as well as Harmours during the battle.

Murdaw gets serious in round two, and fights at full power. Though he loses his flame resistance, he more than makes up for that loss in sheer offense.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]

##302 - Murdaw
HP MP Experience Gold 7,750 13,559 (99) 255 60,600 2490 Attack Defense Speed 525 1055 (99) 415 623 (99) 240 384 (99)
Family	???
Bestiary #	#302
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Romanized Jap.	Mudō
Description	"Casts Kasap to curb his enemies' enthusiasm, then curbs it further with Dazzleflash and Disruptive Wave. Gains a hold over people by plunging them into a world of nightmares from which they can't escape. Never sleeps himself."

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	150	100	100	100	50
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
100	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	25	0	0	10	25
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
5	15	50

Murdaw appears as a Legacy Boss in Dragon Quest IX. His map can be dropped from Baramos at higher levels (and thus can be obtained multiple times). He's slightly more powerful, and relies on debuffs rather than attack magic. Similar to Baramos, Murdaw is vulnerable to ice magic.

Treasure[edit] Level Range Secondary Drop Orb 1-3 Somnia boots 20% Yellow Orb 5% 4-8 Somnia boots 25% Yellow Orb 5% 9-15 Somnia clothes 15% Yellow Orb 6% 16-25 Dhoulmagus's Map 10% Yellow Orb 6% 26-40 Dhoulmagus's Map 15% Yellow Orb 7% 41-56 Dhoulmagus's Map 20% Yellow Orb 7% 57-68 Dhoulmagus's Map 25% Yellow Orb 8% 69-80 Dhoulmagus's Map 30% Yellow Orb 8% 81-90 Dhoulmagus]]'s Map 35% Yellow Orb 9% 91-99 Dhoulmagus's Map 40% Yellow Orb 10% In addition, he will always drop a mini medal.

Skills[edit] Level New abilities Initial Buff, Kasap, Scorch, Dazzleflash, attacks twice per round 5 C-c-cold Breath 10 Disruptive Wave 16 Hellfire, stops using Scorch 28 Apocalyptic Lightning 41 Begins attacking 3 times per turn, critical attack, stops using Dazzleflash 57 Blinder

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit]

Mudou appears as the boss of Goopi's Gate #2.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit]

Murdaw appears as the third-to-last boss, the main character defeats him and learns about Darck.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[edit]

Murdaw
Family	Demon
Rank	S
Size	S
Weapons	Whips, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	Crackmeister, Crafty Ice Breather, Crafty Sleeper
Resistances	Vulnerable to Drain Magic, Immune to Whack and Gobstopper
Skill	Nightmare
Location	-
Breeding chart	Bjorn x Night clubber

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Dragon Quest Tact[edit]

Murdaw appears as a member of the ??? family as part of the limited Dragon Quest VI event. He can be faced in Chapter 1, Episode 1: The Dream and Chapter 1, Episode 4: Murdaw Arrives, reprising his role from the original game, as well as a boss in Free the Phantom Realm! He eventually appears on his own banner alongside Prickly prankster during the limited Mindini is invincible in the World of Dreams!? event and can also take part in Belleau and Cabot's Battle Road as a party member.

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Similar species[edit]

• Pudgedevil

Trivia[edit]

• Each of the four Dread Fiends could be seen as representing one of the four elements. In Murdaw's case, he represents earth.

Gallery[edit]

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  Murdaw in X.

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  Appearance in Stars.

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  Rivals card.

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  Murdaw in Tact.

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  Prickly prankster and Murdaw in Tact.

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  The Hero and Murdaw in Keshi Keshi.

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  Murdaw in Keshi Keshi.