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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: By his own claim, Masuta usually trains with his lungs filled with water. If the player attempts to use [[PsychicStrangle Asphyxiate]] on him, he will mock them for it.

* SkippableBoss: You can skip the fight with The Sanctum Guardian by giving it a fishy treat.

One of the four Guardian Beasts of the [[{{Wutai Wushanko Isles]], Seiryu has been imprisoned by the monks of Aminishi and corrupted by Xau-Tak.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He is based on an eastern dragon.

[[folder:Elite Dungeon Bosses]]
!Temple of Aminishi
!!The Sanctum Guardian
* BossArenaUrgency: One of the Sanctum Guardian's attacks is placing a poison cloud on top of where one of the players is standing. These clouds do not disappear until the boss is killed so if you don't kill her quickly enough you will run out of safe places to stand.
* FlunkyBoss: Can summon crassian reinforcements.
* MakingASplash: Uses several water based attacks, including a water wave and a devastating water jet.
* PaletteSwap: The Sanctum Guardian's model is a modified version of Clawdia (a seasonal event boss) with the colour changed from red to purple and with a few other changes.
* SkippableBoss: You can skip the fight with The Sanctum Guardian by giving it a fishy treat.

!!Masuta The Ascended
* FlunkyBoss: Can summon thrashing water monsters.
* GratuitousJapanese: His name is taken from the Japanese word for Master (マスター), minus the long-vowel mark.
* MakingASplash: Also uses a number of powerful water based special attacks.
* TornadoMove: One of his specials is a powerful spinning attack.

!!Seiryu the Azure Serpent
One of the four Guardian Beasts of the [[{{Wutai Wushanko Isles]], Seiryu has been imprisoned by the monks of Aminishi and corrupted by Xau-Tak.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: He appears during the third phase of the Ambassador fight, not only fully healing you, but also killing all of the [[InvincibleMinorMinion Crassian ritual keepers]] summoned by the Ambassador.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He is based on an eastern dragon.
* CastingAShadow: One of his special attacks is creating shadows under the players that damage them if they don't get off them.
* TheCorruption: The players must free him from the black crystals controlling him in his collar.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He is based on an eastern dragon, unlike most dragons in the game, although he is called a serpent, and a book in the game make it clear that dragons and serpents are not the same thing.
* SneezeOfDoom: You can earn achievement for making him sneeze by using a feather on him.

!Dragonkin Laboratory
!!Astellarn
* SuperPrototype: Was the very first celestial dragon that the Dragonkin made.
* TorturedMonster: Was once a white dragon before being corrupted into a celestial dragon by the dragonkin's experiments on her, which have driven her mad.

!!Verak Lith
* MultipleHeadCase: Being a stronger version of the King Black Dragon, this is a given.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Verak Lith was created after the King Black Dragon, and is FAR stronger than its predecessor.

!!Black Stone Dragon
One of the last experiments conducted within the Dragonkin Laboratory, and the one that ultimately led to its abandonment.

* TorturedMonster: Like Seiryu, has been corrupted by black stones. When you kill her, she thanks you.

!The Shadow Reef
!!Crassian Leviathan
* HealingFactor: Regenerates health at a fair rate during the fight, depending on how many players are engaging it. Poisoning it weakens the healing considerably.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: It might not look like it, but it's actually a dragon, evidenced by the fact that it drops reinforced dragon bones.

!!Taraket
* CameBackWrong: He revived as an undead monstrosity at some point after a performing a ritual with Kranon that went wrong, and is not only free from the Stone of Jas's curse, but also capable of necromancy.
* FlunkyBoss: Summons literal Hordes of undead to help him in the boss battle.

!!The Ambassador
Once a Syrtes Dragonkin named Kranon, now an ambassador to Xau-Tak.

* BigBad: Of the Elite Dungeon Trilogy, and by extension the quest Curse of the Black Stone, which encompasses the three dungeons.
* BodyHorror: Removed his own heart and lungs when he accepted Xau-Tak's power.
* EldritchAbomination: He's a former Dragonkin who was warped into some unknown monstrosity thanks to Xau-Tak.
* FlunkyBoss: Summons Crassians to attack you in the second phase of the battle. These summons notably [[InvincibleMinorMinion cannot be harmed by players]] and are only removed when Seiryuu comes to help you at the start of the final phase.
* HealingFactor: Of a sort. In the final phase of the fight he summons a ring of black hands that will fire white energy blobs at him that heal him periodically. This can be stopped by standing in the path of whichever hand is firing, in which case the blobs turn black and damage you instead of healing him.
* PetTheDog: Before he was cursed with the rest of his people, Kranon once tried to comfort Skeka over the death of Varanus.
* ScreenShake: The "Shadow Bombs" he uses in the first phase cause the screen to shake noticeably upon detonation.
* UnholyNuke: The Ambassador can conjure three rotating beams of energy capable of killing even the strongest of players in a second if they do not dodge. Should the player(s) survive that, he then periodically unleashes powerful shockwaves that each deal massive damage, one for each sinister fragment that wasn't destroyed while dodging the beams (up to a maximum of six). During the final phase, he's also able to periodically bombard the player(s) with powerful blasts of magic that can and ''will'' kill his target if not protected against. The unholiness comes from the fact that these attacks channel dark energies from [[EldritchLocation Erebus]].
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Summons "Unstable Black Holes" during the first phase of the battle. These will eventually explode and inflict massive damage on players unless struck with a stunning ability.
* VillainousBreakdown: Goes through a minor one when [[BigDamnHeroes Seiryu shows up.]]
--> '''The Ambassador:''' You! Pathetic worm, you could have been magnificent. Must you fight so hard to reduce all the world to mediocrity? Are you that pinioned by your weakness? So be it. If you will not rise, [[TheGlovesComeOff then you shall FALL!]]
* WickedCultured: He used to dabble in poetry. Now he's attempting to perform a magical ritual through music in order to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt summon Xau-Tak to Gielinor.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He ends Lucien's life with a staff of Armadyl to the chest. None of Lucien's Mahjarrat comrades (including his cousin Zemouregal) mourned his death.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Is torn in half as a result of a giant bane rock being dropped on him, but this still doesn't kill him.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When Varanus captured the Raksha, it showed him a vision of the violence it intended to inflict upon him. While Varanus was reeling from the vision, the Raksha sticked him with one of his poison spikes, [[SoreLoser content that Varanus would not survive to enjoy his victory]]. [[spoiler: Except Varanus did survive, [[TheJailer and would go on to become the custodian]] [[{{Irony}} of the Raksha's prison]].]]

* UnholyNuke: The Ambassador can conjure three rotating beams of energy capable of killing even the strongest of players in a second if they do not dodge. Should the player(s) survive that, he then periodically unleashes powerful shockwaves that each deal massive damage, one for each sinister fragment that wasn't destroyed while dodging the beams (up to a maximum of six). During the final phase, he's also able to periodically bombard the player(s) with powerful blasts of magic that can and ''will'' kill his target if not protected against. The unholy comes from the fact that these attacks channel dark energies from [[EldritchLocation Erebus]].

* UnholyNuke: The Ambassador can conjure three rotating beams of energy capable of killing even the strongest of players in a second if they do not dodge. Should the player(s) survive that, he then periodically unleashes powerful shockwaves that each deal massive damage, one for each sinister fragment that wasn't destroyed while dodging the beams (up to a maximum of six).

--> '''TheAmbassador:''' You! Pathetic worm, you could have been magnificent. Must you fight so hard to reduce all the world to mediocrity? Are you that pinioned by your weakness? So be it. If you will not rise, [[TheGlovesComeOff then you shall FALL!]]

* BigDamnHeroes: He appears during the third phase of the Ambassador fight, not only fully healing you, but also killing all of the Crassian attenders summoned by the Ambassador.

* [[CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: When Varanus captured the Raksha, it showed him a vision of the violence it intended to inflict upon him. While Varanus was reeling from the vision, the Raksha sticked him with one of his poison spikes, [[SoreLoser content that Varanus would not survive to enjoy his victory]]. [[spoiler: Except Varanus did survive, [[TheJailer and would go on to become the custodian]] [[{{Irony}} of the Raksha's prison]].]]
* [[GreatWhiteHunter]]: Varanus was such a skilled hunter that he was able to capture the [[OutsideContextProblem Raksha]] when everyone else failed. After his death he was buried in his own crypt, an honor reserved for the most revered among the Dragonkin.

* [[WorthyOpponent]]: After having hunted virtually every other dinosaur in Anachronia, Varanus saw the Raksha as a quarry worthy of his skill.

* RantInducingSlight: After slogging through [[ChainOfDeals One Small Favour]], they ''finally'' get Yanni's logs, and all Yanni says is, "[[AWinnerIsYou Well, that's absolutely wonderful my friend! Many thanks!]]" They completely lose it, and chew out poor Yanni (who doesn't know ''anything'' about what you've been doing, and is completely bewildered).

* HotterAndSexier: Her new "mage" outfit when she is in combat reveals [[ShesGotLegs a lot more thigh]].

* {{Seer|s}}: She has the ability to occasionally glimpse the future.

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Although, she has a tendency to believe the best in people, despite evidence to the contrary, and occasionally she comes off as a bit too naive and optimistic for her own good.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]: When she was first released, it was though she were the last icyene alive, but as time went on, it turned out that there were more alive on their homerealm [[spoiler:and before that, Safalaan was later confirmed to be at least part icyene.]]

* OverarchingVillain: He serves as this for the Myreque series, being the Myreque's biggest obstacle in liberating Morytania from the vampyres. In "The Lord of Vampyrium", the player actually gets the opportunity to fight him.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She gets pulled into Erebus during the Battle of the Monolith.]]

%%* BaldOfAwesome

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He gets his long-awaited revenge against Jas in the climax of "Extinction", using both the power of the Needle and the Staff of Armadyl to defy and defeat her, followed by a shadow leviathan dragging her into Erebus. Kerapac is unable to stop himself from getting dragged into Erebus, but is content with his fate, having finally avenged his people for all the suffering Jas put them through.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:His status following Jas's defeat in "Extinction" is unclear after he himself is dragged into Erebus. He is content with his fate, however, having finally avenged his people for all the suffering Jas put them through.]]

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:He gets his long-awaited revenge against Jas in the climax of "Extinction", using both the power of the Needle and the Staff of Armadyl to defy and defeat her, followed by a shadow leviathan dragging her into Erebus. Kerapac himself is unable to stop himself from getting dragged into Erebus, but is content with his fate, having finally avenged his people for all the suffering Jas put them through.]]

* KillTheGod: His ultimate goal is to kill ''Jas'', an Elder God. [[spoiler:After he acquires the power of the Needle, he makes preparations to annihilate the Elder Gods, which involve the sacrifice of Gielinor itself.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Upon finally being defeated at the end of his long boss fight, he acknowledges your power and right to survive and declares IRegretNothing before you kill him with the Sunspear.

* ICallItVera: Bessie, actually.

* GentlemanThief: Embodies this archetype.

!! Reginald Wellington-Smythe, "The Trapper"
A hunter searching the Eastern Lands for untouched hunting grounds, trying to find new species to hunt down.
* GreatWhiteHunter: Embodies this archetype.
* {{Shapeshifting}}: [[spoiler:The power of his quarry.]]

* SupremeChef: He embodies this archetype.

* ShapeShifting: In combat, he takes on the form of a beast he slew and absorbed the energy of, known as the Hunllef.

* [[spoiler:{{Shapeshifter}}: What his quarry ends up being.]]

* ImmortalProcreationClause: Their species, the Dreams of Mah, are able to breed, but unlike mortals, it costs them massive amounts of their difficult to replenish divine LifeForce. This ultimately lead to the extinction of the other two tribes of their race, and is gradually diminishing the Mahjarrat tribe as well.

* {{Necromantic}}: [[spoiler:The Khan of Goshima adopted her and made her her lieutenant. When the Khan died without any heirs, she raised her Khan as a type of vampyric undead called a Jiangshi. The Khan remained as herself at first, only stealing just enough LifeForce from her villagers to sustain herself. But the Khan ultimately lost herself to the curse and killed all of her people. To prevent the curse from exploding into a ZombieApocalypse, Coraline started hunting the resulting zombies. She also took slaves in order to feed her Khan. The PlayerCharacter ultimately convinces her to let the Khan go and give her a MercyKill.]]