The Benevodons (God-Beasts in the fan translation) are eight powerful elemental monsters that appear as bosses in Seiken Densetsu 3.
Background
The Benevodons existed before the world was fully formed, and rampaged across the lands until the Goddess of Mana defeated them with the Sword of Mana. After this, they were each imprisoned in the eight Mana Stones to keep them from threatening the world. However, their actions were apparently known to the people of the world, and there exist those who would try to release them and take their power.
Release and Death
After the main character in Seiken Densetsu 3 gains the Sword of Mana, their primary enemies kidnap the hero's Faerie and trade her for the Sword of Mana, which they then use to release the eight Benevodons from the Mana Stones. The newly-freed Benevodons then remain in whatever dungeon their respective Mana Stone was in until the heroes defeat them. The player has the option of the fighting the first seven in whatever order they wish. However, whenever a Benevodon is killed, the monsters in all of the dungeons containing Bevevodons (even those that have already been killed) gain 2 levels, making reaching subsequent God-Beasts more difficult. After the first seven are killed, the heroes must locate the Mana Stone of Darkness, which had been lost in the distant past. Once they find it, they can face and kill Zable Fahr, the God-Beast of Darkness. However, killing the God-Beasts plays right into the hands of the main villain, because killing them sends their power to the Sword of Mana.
Children of Mana
The Benevodons make a return appearance in Children of Mana. Instead of appearing as eight separate bosses as they did in Seiken Densetsu 3, however, they have fused together in pairs, forming the four Malevodons. Once each Malevodon is defeated, it splits into its component Benevodons.
Names
- Dangaard - God-Beast of Wind
- Mispolm - God-Beast of Wood
- Xan Bie - God-Beast of Fire
- Fiegmund - God-Beast of Water
- Land Umber - God-Beast of Earth
- Dolan - God-Beast of Moon
- Lightgazer - God-Beast of Light
- Zable Fahr - God-Beast of Darkness