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==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
===''[[Final Fantasy II]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy II]]''===
 
 
[[File:Lamia-ff2-psp.png|right]]
 
[[File:Lamia-ff2-psp.png|right]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy II)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy II)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy III]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy III]]''===
 
 
[[File:Lamia.png|right|120px]]
 
[[File:Lamia.png|right|120px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy III)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy III)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''===
 
 
[[File:FF4PSP Lamia.png|right]]
 
[[File:FF4PSP Lamia.png|right]]
 
{{See Also|Lamia (Final Fantasy IV 2D)|Lamia (Final Fantasy IV 3D)}}
 
{{See Also|Lamia (Final Fantasy IV 2D)|Lamia (Final Fantasy IV 3D)}}
Lamia appear as regular enemies in [[Tower of Babil]], [[Cave of Eblan]], and the [[Lunar Ruins]]. [[Lilith (Final Fantasy IV)|Lilith]], a pink palette-swap, can be fought upon [[Mount Ordeals]]. The blue [[Lamia Matriarch (Final Fantasy IV)|Lamia Matriarch]] can be fought in the second section of the [[Tower of Babil]].
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Lamia appear as regular enemies in [[Tower of Babil]], [[Cave of Eblan]], and the [[Lunar Ruins]]. [[Lilith (Final Fantasy IV 2D)|Lilith]], a pink palette-swap, can be fought upon [[Mount Ordeals]]. The blue [[Lamia Matriarch (Final Fantasy IV)|Lamia Matriarch]] can be fought in the second section of the [[Tower of Babil]].
   
 
The Lamia Queen is an orange palette-swap for the ''Advance'' version, appearing in the [[Lunar Ruins]]. [[Hiromi Nakada]], a pinker edition of the Lilith with blonde instead of green hair can be fought in the [[Developer's Office (Final Fantasy IV)|Developer's Room]].
 
The Lamia Queen is an orange palette-swap for the ''Advance'' version, appearing in the [[Lunar Ruins]]. [[Hiromi Nakada]], a pinker edition of the Lilith with blonde instead of green hair can be fought in the [[Developer's Office (Final Fantasy IV)|Developer's Room]].
   
 
====''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''====
 
====''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''====
 
 
{{main|Lamia (The After Years)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (The After Years)}}
 
Lamia can be fought in the [[True Moon]]. The pink palette-swap, [[Lilith (The After Years)|Lilith]] can be fought in [[Baron (Final Fantasy IV)|Baron Castle]], the [[Devil's Road]], the [[Ancient Waterway]], and [[Mist Cave]].
 
Lamia can be fought in the [[True Moon]]. The pink palette-swap, [[Lilith (The After Years)|Lilith]] can be fought in [[Baron (Final Fantasy IV)|Baron Castle]], the [[Devil's Road]], the [[Ancient Waterway]], and [[Mist Cave]].
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===''[[Final Fantasy V]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy V]]''===
 
 
[[File:Lamia-ffv-ios.png|right|100px]]
 
[[File:Lamia-ffv-ios.png|right|100px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy V)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy V)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''===
 
 
[[File:Lamia-FFIX.jpg|right|100px]]
 
[[File:Lamia-FFIX.jpg|right|100px]]
 
[[Lamia (Final Fantasy IX)|Lamiae]] are large pink snake-women that carry a knife and a fan. They inhabit [[Gizamaluke's Grotto]] and often inflict Confuse on the party.
 
[[Lamia (Final Fantasy IX)|Lamiae]] are large pink snake-women that carry a knife and a fan. They inhabit [[Gizamaluke's Grotto]] and often inflict Confuse on the party.
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===''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''===
 
 
[[File:Lamia FFXI.jpg|right|100px]]
 
[[File:Lamia FFXI.jpg|right|100px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy XI)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Final Fantasy XI)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]''===
 
 
{{main|Lamia (Revenant Wings)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Revenant Wings)}}
 
[[File:Lamia RW.png|right|100px]]
 
[[File:Lamia RW.png|right|100px]]
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===''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]''===
 
 
Lamiae are creatures variously depicted as either Allagan chimerical creations, voidsent, or otherwise aether-mutated women with a serpentine form. They have the same appearance as the lamiae from ''Final Fantasy XI''. While most lamiae seem too feral to be an organized beast-tribe, the [[Ananta]] of [[Gyr Abania]] are quite sapient and civilized.
 
Lamiae are creatures variously depicted as either Allagan chimerical creations, voidsent, or otherwise aether-mutated women with a serpentine form. They have the same appearance as the lamiae from ''Final Fantasy XI''. While most lamiae seem too feral to be an organized beast-tribe, the [[Ananta]] of [[Gyr Abania]] are quite sapient and civilized.
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''===
 
 
[[File:FFTALamia.jpg|right|100px]]
 
[[File:FFTALamia.jpg|right|100px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Tactics Advance)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Tactics Advance)}}
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====''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift]]''====
 
====''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift]]''====
 
 
{{main|Lamia (Tactics A2)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Tactics A2)}}
 
The Lamia family includes three variations:
 
The Lamia family includes three variations:
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===''[[Crystal Defenders]]''===
 
===''[[Crystal Defenders]]''===
 
 
[[File:CD Lamia.gif|right|70px]]
 
[[File:CD Lamia.gif|right|70px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Crystal Defenders)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Crystal Defenders)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]''===
 
 
[[File:Ffcc lamia.jpg|right|100px]]
 
[[File:Ffcc lamia.jpg|right|100px]]
 
{{main|Lamia (Crystal Chronicles)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Crystal Chronicles)}}
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====''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord]]''====
 
====''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord]]''====
 
 
[[File:Ffcc-mlaad_monster_lamia.png|170px|right]]
 
[[File:Ffcc-mlaad_monster_lamia.png|170px|right]]
 
Lamia appears as a healer summon. She heals other monsters summoned by [[Mira]], but with a slow speed and a cost of two slots on a tower floor, she is not often used by players. Her cures have an added [[Haste (status)|Haste]] affect.
 
Lamia appears as a healer summon. She heals other monsters summoned by [[Mira]], but with a slow speed and a cost of two slots on a tower floor, she is not often used by players. Her cures have an added [[Haste (status)|Haste]] affect.
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===''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]''===
 
 
{{main|Lamia (Mystic Quest)}}
 
{{main|Lamia (Mystic Quest)}}
 
[[File:FFMQ Lamia.png|right]]
 
[[File:FFMQ Lamia.png|right]]
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===''[[The Final Fantasy Legend]]''===
 
===''[[The Final Fantasy Legend]]''===
 
 
[[File:FFL Lamia.png|right]]
 
[[File:FFL Lamia.png|right]]
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into. It can be found on the sixteenth floor of the [[Tower (Legend)|Tower]].
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into. It can be found on the sixteenth floor of the [[Tower (Legend)|Tower]].
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===''[[Final Fantasy Legend II]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Legend II]]''===
 
 
[[File:FFLII Lamia.png|right]]
 
[[File:FFLII Lamia.png|right]]
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into.
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into.
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===''[[Final Fantasy Legend III]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Legend III]]''===
 
 
[[File:FFLIII Medusa Beast.gif|right]]
 
[[File:FFLIII Medusa Beast.gif|right]]
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party can [[Transformation (Legend III)|transform]] into.
 
The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party can [[Transformation (Legend III)|transform]] into.
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===''[[Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light]]''===
 
 
[[File:FF4HoL Lamia.png|right|120px]]
 
[[File:FF4HoL Lamia.png|right|120px]]
 
{{Main|Lamia (The 4 Heroes of Light)}}
 
{{Main|Lamia (The 4 Heroes of Light)}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions]]''===
 
 
[[File:FFD Lamia.png|right|110px|Lamia]]
 
[[File:FFD Lamia.png|right|110px|Lamia]]
 
Lamia appear as an enemy family.
 
Lamia appear as an enemy family.
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===''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions II]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions II]]''===
 
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy Dimensions II}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy Dimensions II}}
   
 
===''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia]]''===
 
===''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia]]''===
 
 
[[File:DFFOO Lamia Icon.png|right]]
 
[[File:DFFOO Lamia Icon.png|right]]
Lamia is set to appear as an enemy. Lamia resembles [[Lamia (Final Fantasy IV)|Lamia]] from [[Final Fantasy IV]].
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Lamia appears as an enemy. Lamia resembles [[Lamia (Final Fantasy IV 2D)|Lamia]] from [[Final Fantasy IV]].
 
{{Stub|Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia}}
 
{{Stub|Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia}}
 
{{-}}
 
{{-}}
   
 
===''[[Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call]]''===
 
===''[[Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call]]''===
 
 
[[File:Theatrhythm CC Lamia.png|right|110px]]
 
[[File:Theatrhythm CC Lamia.png|right|110px]]
 
{{Q|Scantily clad beauties that are half-snake and half-woman, the lamia will dart out of hiding and hope to lure you in with their alluring charms. Fall prey to their confusing tricks, though, and you may just find your own sword in your belly.|Lamia's CollectaCard}}
 
{{Q|Scantily clad beauties that are half-snake and half-woman, the lamia will dart out of hiding and hope to lure you in with their alluring charms. Fall prey to their confusing tricks, though, and you may just find your own sword in your belly.|Lamia's CollectaCard}}
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===''[[Pictlogica Final Fantasy]]''===
 
===''[[Pictlogica Final Fantasy]]''===
 
 
[[File:PFF Lamia III.png|right|100px]]
 
[[File:PFF Lamia III.png|right|100px]]
 
Lamia from ''Final Fantasy III'' appears as an enemy.
 
Lamia from ''Final Fantasy III'' appears as an enemy.
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===''[[Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]''===
 
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
FFRK Lamia & Coeurl FFIV.png|''Final Fantasy IV'' version.
 
FFRK Lamia & Coeurl FFIV.png|''Final Fantasy IV'' version.
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===''[[Final Fantasy World Wide Words]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy World Wide Words]]''===
 
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy World Wide Words}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy World Wide Words}}
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]]''===
 
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius}}
   
 
===''[[Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon]]''===
 
===''[[Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon]]''===
 
 
[[File:Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Lamia.jpg|right]]
 
[[File:Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Lamia.jpg|right]]
 
{{Enemy-stub|Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon}}
   
 
====''[[Chocobo's Dungeon 2]]''====
 
====''[[Chocobo's Dungeon 2]]''====
 
 
[[File:CD2-Lamia.png|right|150px|Lamia.]]
 
[[File:CD2-Lamia.png|right|150px|Lamia.]]
 
{{Enemy-stub|Chocobo's Dungeon 2}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Chocobo's Dungeon 2}}
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===''[[Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales]]''===
 
 
Lamia is a Fire-elemental card, with six cards under her name. She is also considered to be a superstar in the world.
 
Lamia is a Fire-elemental card, with six cards under her name. She is also considered to be a superstar in the world.
   
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===''[[Dice de Chocobo]]''===
 
===''[[Dice de Chocobo]]''===
 
 
{{Enemy-stub|Dice de Chocobo}}
 
{{Enemy-stub|Dice de Chocobo}}
   
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{{navbox enemies}}
 
{{navbox enemies}}
 
{{navbox summons}}
 
{{navbox summons}}
 
 
[[Category:Chocobo Tales Cards]]
 
[[Category:Chocobo Tales Cards]]
 
[[Category:Enemy families in Final Fantasy Dimensions]]
 
[[Category:Enemy families in Final Fantasy Dimensions]]

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Artwork of Lamia from Final Fantasy II.

Lamia (ラミア, Ramia?) are snakelike foes that appear in many of the Final Fantasy games after their debut in Final Fantasy II. Lamia are known for inflicting nasty status ailments like Charm, Confuse, Sap, Silence, and Paralysis. The first Lamia in the series appeared in Final Fantasy II with a stronger variety, the Lamia Queen, as a boss halfway through the game. On rare occasions Lamia can also appear as a summon.

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Appearances

Final Fantasy II

Lamia-ff2-psp

Lamia appear in the Cyclone and Palamecia. A stronger variety, the Lamia Queen, is used by the Empire to take the place of Princess Hilda after she is kidnapped by the Emperor. After seeing through its disguise, Firion and the party must fight it.

Final Fantasy II Hihō no Dragon

A Lamia appears.

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Final Fantasy III

Lamia

The Lamia appears as a strong random-encounter enemy inside Hein's Castle.

Final Fantasy IV

FF4PSP Lamia

Template:See Also Lamia appear as regular enemies in Tower of Babil, Cave of Eblan, and the Lunar Ruins. Lilith, a pink palette-swap, can be fought upon Mount Ordeals. The blue Lamia Matriarch can be fought in the second section of the Tower of Babil.

The Lamia Queen is an orange palette-swap for the Advance version, appearing in the Lunar Ruins. Hiromi Nakada, a pinker edition of the Lilith with blonde instead of green hair can be fought in the Developer's Room.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Lamia can be fought in the True Moon. The pink palette-swap, Lilith can be fought in Baron Castle, the Devil's Road, the Ancient Waterway, and Mist Cave.

Final Fantasy V

Lamia-ffv-ios

Lamiae appear in various locations, having different colored lower halves depending on where they are. They all share the move called "Entice", which causes Confuse.

Final Fantasy IX

Lamia-FFIX

Lamiae are large pink snake-women that carry a knife and a fan. They inhabit Gizamaluke's Grotto and often inflict Confuse on the party.

Final Fantasy XI

Lamia FFXI

Lamiae, the plural form and family name for Lamia, appear in the near east, a region that was added by the expansion Treasures of Aht Urhgan. Lamiae are beastmen and by far one of the least populous of all beastmen races in the near east or in Vana'diel altogether. It is rumored, though, that they are not actually beastmen, but instead a created race of chimera, a creature created by piecing other creatures together.

Lamiae are related to Merrow (Mermaids), though they have slightly different jobs and abilities. They are most common in the Arrapago Reef, a cavernous graveyard of many ships. It follows this place is infested with undead. The Lamia themselves seem to wield control over these minions.

Lamiae often sneak into cities at night and steal away people to use their bones in their undead armies. That said, they also use massed armies of undead to assault Aht Urhgan as one of the three factions that do so in besieged.

Lamiae are one of the only creature types that can use Charm outside of special events.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Lamia RW

Ophidian who bedevils her prey.

Description

Lamia is the rank 2 Fire-Elemental Ranged summon. She costs 15 Affinity points to summon. Her basic attack is Fire and her special attack, Entice, can inflict Confuse on an enemy.

Final Fantasy XIV

Lamiae are creatures variously depicted as either Allagan chimerical creations, voidsent, or otherwise aether-mutated women with a serpentine form. They have the same appearance as the lamiae from Final Fantasy XI. While most lamiae seem too feral to be an organized beast-tribe, the Ananta of Gyr Abania are quite sapient and civilized.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

FFTALamia

There are two types of Lamia:


Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

The Lamia family includes three variations:

  • Lamia
  • Lilith
  • Lamashtu

Crystal Defenders

CD Lamia
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

Ffcc lamia

Lamias appear as regular enemies in the Lynari Desert. Also, a Lamia named Maggie appears as a boss along with Jack Moschet in Moschet Manor.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord

Ffcc-mlaad monster lamia

Lamia appears as a healer summon. She heals other monsters summoned by Mira, but with a slow speed and a cost of two slots on a tower floor, she is not often used by players. Her cures have an added Haste affect.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

FFMQ Lamia

The Lamia is a enemy that can be found at the Falls Basin and in the Ice Pyramid. They generally specialize in inflicting Sleep on party members.

The Final Fantasy Legend

FFL Lamia

The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into. It can be found on the sixteenth floor of the Tower.

Final Fantasy Legend II

FFLII Lamia

The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into.

Final Fantasy Legend III

FFLIII Medusa Beast

The Lamia is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party can transform into.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

FF4HoL Lamia

The Lamia is an enemy that is encountered at the Pirate Hideout during Part I, and at the Holy Tree Tower and the Trial Tower during Part II.

Final Fantasy Dimensions

Lamia

Lamia appear as an enemy family.

There are two sprites of unknown origin for this family. One with green hair and a blue tail, one with orange-brown hair and a red tail. One of these is likely Metamorph, the other is likely dummied.

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Final Fantasy Dimensions II

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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

DFFOO Lamia Icon

Lamia appears as an enemy. Lamia resembles Lamia from Final Fantasy IV.

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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call

Theatrhythm CC Lamia

Scantily clad beauties that are half-snake and half-woman, the lamia will dart out of hiding and hope to lure you in with their alluring charms. Fall prey to their confusing tricks, though, and you may just find your own sword in your belly.

Lamia's CollectaCard

Lamia appears as an enemy during Battle Music Sequences (BMS). Its sprite resembles that of Final Fantasy V.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

PFF Lamia III

Lamia from Final Fantasy III appears as an enemy.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Final Fantasy Explorers

Lamia.
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Final Fantasy World Wide Words

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon

Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Lamia
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Chocobo's Dungeon 2

Lamia.
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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales

Lamia is a Fire-elemental card, with six cards under her name. She is also considered to be a superstar in the world.

Cards

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Dice de Chocobo

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Etymology

In Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful Libyan queen who turned into a child-eating demon. She is often referred to as having the lower half of a snake and sometimes a large mouth (lamia in Greek means "large shark", while laimos means gullet).

Later characteristics attributed to her are similar to that of succubi, in that the lamia seduces men, enticing them to feed on their blood. It is said they reside in towers or secluded areas and have magical abilities.