Menhirrim

The Menhirrim are a group of animated stone statues in Final Fantasy XIII. They are found within Taejin's Tower, their origins unknown.

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The Menhirrim resemble ancient armored humanoids with four large horns. Each of them holds a sword which is their "power thrall" - source of power. When the party first arrived within the Tower, they are greeted by indecipherable whispers that seem to emanate from the statues that stood at the center of the Tower. At the end, Oerba Yun Fang understood these whispers as warning for the travelers to turn back, or risk facing the fal'Cie Dahaka.

However, the party convinces the Menhirrim that they must continue, so the Menhirrim agrees to open the way forward, but only if the party slays the beasts that held their "power thrall" inside the Tower. As the party progresses forward, slaying the mentioned beasts, the Menhirrim activated the elevator that took them upwards.

The party was confronted at least two times by Dahaka, but each time the fal'Cie appeared, so did the Menhirrim. Three Menhirrims appear to fight off Dahaka, cutting off its tail. Finally, when the party defeated Dahaka at the top of the Tower, one of the Menhirrim appeared, mentioning that they are now free, and are off to fight evil elsewhere. Lightning understood this as saying that they are fighting off monsters somewhere in the wide expanse of Gran Pulse.