Dragon Quest IX guide / Bestiary

Hideous hulk that once prowled the passages of the Hexagon, preying on travellers. The earth shakes with its every step.

Its diet consists mainly of rocks and boulders, and it loves dark places, so the Hexagon made a marvellous home.

Black-clad knight errant who once terrorised the people of Stornway in mistaken search of his long-lost love.

He was actually once a handsome young chevalier whose fair face set hearts aflutter in the castle.

Came to bring destruction to Brigadoom, but was rather taken with the Wight Knight, so sealed herself away with him instead.

She chose to bring gloom to Brigadoom for reasons related to the darkest parts of the heart.

The very essence of illness, it was sealed up in the Quarantomb for a century, but came back to curse Coffinwell once more.

This toxic pox was created to ensure that the nameless terror that slept in the Qurantomb stayed sealed inside forever.

Jack of Alltrades ate a fygg that had fallen from above in a bid to become god-like, but turned into this hideous beast instead.

Jack spent some time thinking up his god name, toying with 'High Jack' and 'Jackrilege' before settling on 'Master of Nu'un'.

The people of Porth Llaffan worshipped this watery diety, which was really Dylan Jones in fygg-changed form.

He once swam with countless companions in the seas around Newid Isle, but Lleviathan is sadly the last of his kind.

The people of Porth Llaffan worshipped this watery diety, which was really Dylan Jones in fygg-changed form.

He once swam with countless companions in the seas around Newid Isle, but Lleviathan is sadly the last of his kind.

This stone sentry was created to stand guard over Zere Rocks. It seemed to be looking for someone called Mason...

Having lost its granite guardian, the statuesque town of Zere Rocks will surely now crumble into dust and blow away...

An enormous arachnid who dwelt deep in the Bad Cave, soaking up poison and perniciousness until she morphed into a man-eater.

It is said she made meals of travellers lost in her cave to feed her clutch of countless eggs.

The fygg-altered form of the Queen of Gleeba's little lizard pal, who it turned out held a torch for his mistress all along.

He thought that eating a fygg would turn him into a mortal, but it only moved him up a short rung on the evolutionary ladder.

The true form of Sarantsatsral, the wicked witch who tried to take control of the plains by bending Batkhaan's ear.

She was once a run-of-the-mill nobody of a monster, but found a fygg and her fortunes changed for the fatter.

Harsh master of old-fashioned teaching techniques who held his extra-cirricular sessions in the basement of Swinedimples.

He built his academy in the wintry wastelands to toughen up his pupils. The cheap land prices didn't hurt, either...

A stalwart soul sealed in a statue and bunged into the Bowhole to test contenders in combat when the time came.

Wormwood Creekers once thought the wyrmlight bow and Gadrongo were guises of a spirit who watched over the Wyrmward.

One-time hero of the skies who watches over the world from up over Upover. Not too fond of Celestrians for some reason.

The lizard lord of light chased the Empire out of Upover three hundred years ago, and they've never forgotten the slight.

One of the Triumgorate. He sealed those who fell from the skies in cells and sucked out their power.

Was burnt to a cinder by Greygnarl's blazing breath three centuries ago, and brought back as a horrific hog.

One of the Triumgorate. He sealed those who fell from the skies in cells and sucked out their power.

Was burnt to a cinder by Greygnarl's blazing breath three centuries ago, and brought back as a horrific hog.

One of the Triumgorate. Used stolen celestial power to bring back Barbarus and bend him to the will of the Empire.

Threw his lot in with the ghastly Gittish Empire three hundred years ago, and was brought back as a beastly bird.

One of the Triumgorate. Used stolen celestial power to bring back Barbarus and bend him to the will of the Empire.

Threw his lot in with the ghastly Gittish Empire three hundred years ago, and was brought back as a beastly bird.

One of the Triumgorate. A swordsman who swore allegiance to the Empire hoping to meet with some worthy adversaries.

Died faithfully protecting his master some three hundred years ago, and was brought back in a new, feline form.

One of the Triumgorate. A swordsman who swore allegiance to the Empire hoping to meet with some worthy adversaries.

Died faithfully protecting his master some three hundred years ago, and was brought back in a new, feline form.

Cruel king of the Gittish Empire who tasked the Triumgorate with seeking out the fyggs so he could rule the world.

His evil spread across the world three centuries ago, when he fought Greygnarl and his gang. His death is shrouded in mystery.

King Godwyn of the House of Gitt's ultimate form. Far fiercer than any of the Triumgorate, he was truly a formidable foe.

Consumed by his ambitions of three centuries ago, he tried to use the fyggs to take over the world. He also murdered Aquila.

Greygnarl's nefarious nemesis. He was defeated long ago, but the Empire brought him back to wreak havoc once more.

He and Greygnarl once formed a duality of darkness and light, but his memory of this beneficial balance has been obliterated.

One-time Guardian of Wormwood Creek. His tragic fate drove him to renounce his faith in gods, mortals and Celestrians alike.

Met Serena in Wormwood Creek three centuries ago. Tried to protect the mortals, but was entrapped by the Empire.

Brought the broken Gittish Empire back from beyond to help him wreak vengeance on the mortals and gods he so despised.

Aquila's former teacher, his sad fate led him to lose himself in his hatred of mortalkind and try to destroy the world.

An ancient evil confined in a casket beneath Stornway castle three hundred years ago by the King of that bygone age.

Had a contract with the evil Empire to wipe out not just the people of Stornway, but the entire population of the world.

Vicious guard dog of the Inntouchables. Only heeds the instructions of the innfamous Al Capinne.

Was left as a pup on Al Capinne's doorstep. He raised the little rascal, and watched him grow into a deadly drastic drackal!

Spirit of Godfrey of the House of Gitt, who dozed in the depths of the Quarantomb, north-west of Coffinwell.

Planned to hand over the castle and kingship of Coffinwell when his son Godwyn came of age, but was killed before he could.

Goddess of destruction from a different dimension. She can reduce continents to dust with a single digit.

Eldest girl of the Hackson Five, she killed older brother Tyrannousaurus Wrocks, and youngsters Wracks and Wrucks.

Sleeps atop the tower of Nod. Lost his powers three hundred years ago when he and Celestria went to Gittingham Palace.

Created by the Grand Architect Zenus to destroy mortalkind, but had his hatred for humanity soothed by Serena.

Ceaseless steed of death, who tirelessly travels the skies, taking the lives of all in his path. Also known as the Black Star.

Gallops freely through the night skies, and answers only to the stars. Once had an entirely different form...

This ultimate being combines the best of nature's creations, and its heavenly form has earned it the nickname 'Godbeloved'.

It was once able to speak the mortal tongue, but has forgotten both that and its true form in its long years of captivity.

A slime so saturated with fighting spirit that its body has turned from blue to red. Doesn't know the meaning of defeat.

Master of the slime armies, he searches ceaselessly for his nine long-lost companions.

Senses the life force of flesh-and-blood beings, and can't stop killing until every trace is erased from its environs.

This mad mechanical murder machine is thought to have existed since the very dawn of time itself.

Mere mention of this paragon of perniciousness is enough to send even practised pugilists into paroxysms of panic.

This myth-enshrouded monster is the main focus of many a mad theory, but only the Almighty knows the truth of its origins...

A crimson crusader who spurs his steed ever onward in search of victims in whose blood he can bathe.

Not just his armour, but his body itself is built of blood, and he uses the claret of those he kills to strengthen his sanguine self.

A humongous hulk who's as big as house. Ponds appearing in towns and villages are duly dubbed 'Atlas' footprints'.

A giant thought to be older than time itself. Some say that he lived in the palace of an almighty realm before being sealed away.

An impeccably-armoured and impressively massive monster who may look mean, but has a huge heart as well.

Once lived in a lovely palace with his equally lovely daughter, but woke one day to find himself sealed away in a grotto.

His evil eyes bring calamity wherever their gaze falls. When not fighting, he keeps them closed and feigns friendliness.

An unbelievable evil who feasts on the souls of the weak to feed the dour power that resides in his almighty eyes.

A spectacularly skilled lord of the sword, and wielder of a bewitching blade that can only be used by those it chooses.

Deems very few worthy of facing him, as his sword is said to sing with the power of the Almighty Himself.

A supremely destructive demon who broke free from the book into which he was sealed by a supreme sage ages ago.

The wickedest of the Hackson Five. He wanted to destroy the world, but was stopped by a saintly sage.

The hero of the skies, back from the dead after his supposed slaying, and more mind-blowingly mighty than ever.

It was Barbarus the dark who brought back Greygnarl the light, his second brother after Styrmling the sacred.