Grotesque Monster is a boss in Octopath Traveler II. This demon appears during the Journey for the Dawn, guarding the Sacred Flame at the Tombs of the Wardenbeasts.
Story[]
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When the eight travelers venture to rekindle the Sacred Flames extinguished by the Moonshade Order, they arrive at the Tomb of the Wardenbeasts. Before they can approach the Flame, a dark presence stops them, revealing itself as the Grotesque Monster. The beast puts up a fight, but it is defeated and killed by the travelers, with Ochette and Castti rekindling the Sacred Flame.
Battle[]
Grotesque Monster begins the battle with 2 actions per turn.
As its first action, it will summon two Twisted Spawn. It will continue to summon Twisted Spawns throughout the battle as they are defeated. The Twisted Spawns may be consumed to give itself a short 
Increased Elemental Attack buff.
Abilities[]
- Dark Spawn: Summons 2 Twisted Spawn to its aid.
- Consume: Destroys a Twisted Spawn. Gains
Increased Elemental Attack for 3 turns.
- Attack: Physical attack, single target. [Power 100]
- Dark Breath: Elemental damage, no type. Targets entire party. [Power 100]
- Piercing Cry: Physical attack, single target. [Power 105]
- Noxious Breath: Elemental damage, no type. Targets entire party. Chance to inflict Poison for 2 turns (50%). [Power 90]
- Oppressive Shadow: Critical elemental damage, . Single target. [Power 200]
- Dark Wave: Heavy elemental damage, . Targets entire party. [Power 150]
- The darkling gives off an ominous aura!: Grotesque Monster enters boost mode for 1 turn. Uses Darkstorm if not broken before Grotesque Monster's next action.
- Darkstorm: Elemental damage, no type. Targets entire party. Chance to inflict Blindness for 2 turns (45%). [Power 110]
- Darkstorm: Elemental damage, no type. Targets entire party. Chance to inflict
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Trivia[]
- The Grotesque Monster may be a corrupted form of the Dark Hunter Petrichor after her sacrifice to quell the Sacred Flame, as the monster is fought in the same area that Petrichor dies and guards the Sacred Flame to stop anyone from rekindling it.
- The monster also drops the Black Bow upon defeat, a primary weapon used by the Hunter class.
- During battle, the Grotesque Monster is referred to as "the darkling," a term normally used to describe the Darkling of the Sorrowful Moon.
- The Grotesque Monster bears strong similarities to the Dark Entity, as both bosses are hideous beasts located on Toto'haha, are implied to be transformed versions of humans, and summon shrill-screaming spawn to aid them in battle.