Dangaard

Dangaard
Title(s)	Benevodon of Wind
Gender	N/A
Race	Benevodons
Faction	N/A
Health	Varies
Level	Varies
Status	Dead
Location	Above Gusthall (ToM) ??? (HoM)
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Dangaard is the Benevodon of Wind. It appears as a boss in Trials of Mana, serving as one of the seven Benevodon bosses in which the Player(s) can tackle in any order they chose and takes the form of a two-headed griffon with draconic wings and a body of a lion. Though it is assumed to be sentient, Dangaard doesn't display any personality aside from a desire or instinct for destruction.

Background

Dangaard was described as being an "incarnation of disaster" that existed before the world had been fully born. It reigned destruction on existence until the Goddess of Mana defeated it with the Sword of Mana and sealed it away inside the Mana Stone of Wind.

Release

When the villains in Trials of Mana obtain the Sword of Mana, they release the Benevodons from the Mana Stones. Once released, Dangaard remains near the former location of the Wind Mana Stone in the Gusthall in order to build its strength in preparation for wreaking havoc across the land. As a result, the Benevodon becomes stronger depending on how many of its brethren the heroes have defeated before they challenge it.

Battle

Once the heroes reach the end of the Gusthall, they find that Dangaard seems to be missing. However, one of the characters notices that the Benevodon is flying high up in the sky; in order to reach it, the heroes summon Flammie with the Flammie Drum.

The entire battle takes place in the sky; the heroes stand on Flammie as Dangaard flies around her and attacks. At set points in the battle, the combatants will fly through a thick patch of clouds, obscuring the fight; each time this happens, the view shifts from top-down to side-on. Though this does not change the way the heroes must attack Dangaard, it will reset the heroes' statuses, eliminating the effects of spells such as Diamond Saber.

As a Wind-elemental creature, Dangaard is weak to Earth-based attacks and magic. It is also healed by Wind-based attacks and magic.

Enemy Intel

2D VERSION

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Dangaard - Level 33

Note : Benevodons' stats vary depending on how many are slain.

• HP : 24,156
• MP : 122

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Absorb	Normal	Normal	Immune	Weak	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Thunderball - Shoots up two balls of electricity toward all targets.
• Air Rush (Air Slasher in the Fan Translation) - Creates one big dashing twister, damaging all targets.
• Cyclone One/All
• Thunderstorm One/All
• Accelerate (Self)

Spoils

• 25,924 Lucre
• 4060 EXP

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3D VERSION

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Dangaard - Max Level 53

Note : Dangaard's level is always two levels higher than the highest leveled character.
Targets : Right Head, Left Head

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Absorb	Normal	Normal	Immune	Weak	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Peck (No official name) - Non-elemental damaging move.
• 360 Swipe (No official name) - Turns quickly on itself. Non-elemental damaging move.
• Charge - Charges into targets. Non-elemental damaging move.
• Aerowind - Spews out lasers from both heads. Non-elemental damaging move.
• Air Rush - Charges up then creates two big ligering twisters
• Thunderball - Shoots up two balls of electricity toward the targets.
• Cyclone
• Thunderstorm
• Protection
• Defenseless
• Enfeeble
• Weaken
• Mental Boost

Spoils

• 5000 Lucre
• 19,000 EXP

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Gallery

Dangaard in the original 2D game

Dangaard in the 3D remake

Concept-art of Dangaard

Trivia

• Dangaard reappears in Children of Mana. It had fused with Xan Bie to form Xangar.
• Unlike most of the Benevodon bosses that are Mythological Creature-like, much like Dolan, the design of Dangaard has a lot of possible inspiration to two or more Mythological Creatures as a pose to one:
  • The first of the Mythological creatures that Dangaard is based on, being a creature that has a Bird's head with a Fealion Body and Wings, could be based on a Griffin, which is a Mythological Creature that has the head, talons and wings of an Eagle, but the body and tail of a Lion.
  • The second of the Mythological Creature that Dangaard is based on, having three different Animal Parts and a Lion-Like Body could be based on a Chimera, a Mythological Creature that has the head and front halve of a Lion, the back halve of a Goat with the head of the Goat on top of the back halve and a tail of either a Dragon's head or a Snake's head.
• Dangaard is the first and only boss (as well as the only Benevodon Boss) of Trials of Mana were Flammie is involve.
• In Trials of Mana, the musical theme played while battling Dangaard is titled "High Tension Wire". It shares this battle theme with Harcypete, the Crimson Wizard and the Empreeb in the remake.