Zable Fahr is the Benevodon of Darkness. It appears as a boss in Trials of Mana, and it takes the form of three disembodied heads, only one of which contains the boss's main life force. Though it is assumed to be sentient, Zable Fahr doesn't display any personality aside from a desire or instinct for destruction in. However the version visited in a side-quest in Children of Mana does show more personality.
Background
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- "Humankind tried to harness the energy of the Mana Stones to bring peace to the world. However, they soon fought over control of that energy. Dark forces took advantage of this and soon the world spiraled into an all-out war. The seal on the Darkstone was broken and the creatures of Darkness, including the Benevodon, brought the world to the brink of destruction. [...]It has been many years since then. The world recovered, but the Benevodon is not gone for good."
- —Shade telling his story of Zable Fahr.
Zable Fahr 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 Darkness. At some point later, the Dark Majesty tried to summon the Mana Stone of Darkness before the Goddess of Mana sealed him away in the Underworld.
ReleaseEdit
When the villains in Trials of Mana obtain the Sword of Mana, they release the Benevodons from the Mana Stones. Zable Fahr isn't released at the same time as the others, however. After the other seven Benevodons are killed, the heroes must travel to Pedda in order to learn Zable Fahr's location, which changes depending on which character is the main protagonist. In Duran/Angela's story, Zable Fahr is in the Crystal Desert, in Kevin/Charlotte's story, it is in the Jungle of Visions, and in Hawkeye/Riesz's story, it is in the Cave of Darkness. Regardless of its location, Zable Fahr is released just as the heroes discover the Mana Stone, and although it proves a deadly foe, the heroes still emerge victorious. After its death, Zable Fahr's power was sent to the Sword of Mana like all of the other Benevodons.
BattleEdit
Zable Fahr in the remake
Once its main head joins the battle, Zable Fahr will begin using its most powerful attacks such as Hell Cross (an extremely powerful Darkness-element attack), Dark Force, and Death Spell. As the heroes are unlikely to have reached a higher level than the boss, Death Spell will almost certainly be fatal. The combination of Zable Fahr's attacks and the stat-reducing attacks of the extra two heads can also be very deadly. Although the two weaker heads can be killed again, the main head will soon revive them; if the main head is killed, the weaker heads will die along with it.
Being a Darkness-elemental entity, it's weak against Light-based attacks and magic. It's also healed by Darkness-based attacks and magic.
AttacksEdit
Attack -
Flame Radiation (one) - Left head only
Tongue Attack (one) - Left head only
Darkness Beam (one) - Left head only
Gremlin (one) - Level 2 summon
Great Demon (one) - Level 2 summon
Magic -
Demon Breath (all) - Moderate magical damage; left head only; lowers magic effectiveness/resistance; casts at 1/4 HP
Evil Gate (all) - Level 1 Dark magic; right head only; used to heal self if at 1/4 HP
Dark Force (all) - Level 2 Dark magic; right head only
AntiMagic (all) - Negate's targets status and elemental sabres; right head only
Death Spell (one) - Instantly kill a single target if below caster's level
Black Curse (one) - Lowers all stats of specified target
Special -
Hell Cross (all) - Heavy magical damage; can only be used when all three heads are present
Dark Blazon (one) - Moderate physical damage
Darkness Beam (one) - Moderate magical damage; lowers target's magic effectiveness/resistance
Regeneration - Revives other two heads
TriviaEdit
- Zable Fahr is the only Benevodon that is named before the Benevodons are released.
- Zable Fahr reappears in Children of Mana. It had fused with Dolan and formed Thaydol.
- In Trials of Mana, the musical theme that plays while battling against Zable Fahr is titled "Three of Darkside", which also serves as one of several event themes. Said musical theme is often associated with villains in the game alongside "Intolerance" and "The Sacrifice Part One", the latter of which plays as the Darkstone shatters before Zable Fahr awakens.
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