Naraka (Final Fantasy XI)

Naraka is a genus of enemies in Final Fantasy XI.

Notorious Monsters

 * Hahava
 * Kalasutrax
 * Paramount Naraka
 * Soaring Naraka
 * Tapana
 * Uptala

Special Attacks
The special attacks available to any given Naraka-class monster vary depending on whether it is in Raksha stance or Yaksha stance. Most Naraka can switch stances at will, but some have only one stance or the other. Besides changing attack modes, the stances also switch whether the Naraka is more vulnerable to magical or physical attacks. Stance changing abilities are:


 * Raksha Stance: Magic damage taken by the Naraka is cut by 50% and Raksha stance abilities become available to use. In addition, three beneficial status effects are dispelled for all players in an area around the Naraka, and the Naraka erases all harmful status on it.
 * Yaksha Stance: Physical damage taken by the Naraka is cut by 50% and Yaksha stance abilities become available to use. In addition, three beneficial status effects are dispelled for all players in an area around the Naraka, and the Naraka erases all harmful status on it.

Raksha stance abilities are:


 * Raksha: Judgment: Area of effect magic damage, additional effect Silence, Amnesia, and Bind status.
 * Raksha: Illusion: Conal damage, Paralyze and Curse (-50% HP and MP) status.
 * Raksha: Vengeance: Area of effect magic damage, Muddle and 1 minute Weakened status. Only used under 50% HP.

Yaksha stance abilities are:


 * Yaksha: Damnation: Physical damage in a conal area.
 * Yaksha: Bliss: Physical damage in a conal area with additional effect Attack Down and Magic Attack Down.
 * Yaksha: Oblivion: Area of effect heavy physical damage, hate reset, with additional effect all stats down -110. Only used under 50% HP.

Besides their stance abilities, Naraka do not have job abilities but always have potent spellcasting abilities--mostly from black magic. Naraka spells exclusively focus on harming or hindering others. Some Naraka may have one or more of the following abilities in addition to stance abilities and magic:


 * Sakra Storm: Area of effect moderate damage, hate reset, inflicts Zombie, Paralyzed, and Muddle status.
 * Yama's Judgment: Area of effect physical damage and special Doom status that starts counting down from 5 instead of 10.

Etymology
Naraka is the Sanskrit word for the Underworld. According to some schools of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, Naraka is a place of torment, or Hell.

A Rakshasa or alternatively rakshas, is a race of mythological humanoid beings or unrighteous spirit in Hindu and Buddhist religion.

Yaksha is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology. The yakṣa has a dual personality. On the one hand, a yakṣa may be an inoffensive nature-fairy, associated with woods and mountains; but there is also a darker version of the yakṣa, which is a kind of ghost (bhuta) that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travelers, similar to the rakṣasas.

In Hinduism, Yama is the god of death and the ruler of the departed. Mentioned by the Buddha in the Pali canon, Yama subsequently entered Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as a wrathful god.