- "Sure that's smart, Alfyn? I stretch the truth from time to time, but I wasn't lyin' about bein' a mercenary. Miguel Twinspears has killed a hundred men if he's killed a dozen. Soldiers, mind you, not mollycoddles totin' a bag full o' weeds. None of yer potions or bandages will patch ye up when I'm done with ye! Gah!" —Miguel, when engaging to battle.
Miguel "Twinspears" is a character in Octopath Traveler. A former mercenary who fell on hard times, he turned to crime both to get by and for the fun of it. He is the main antagonist and boss of Alfyn's Chapter 3.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Miguel is a man with dark red hair and a very slim figure. He also has bandages from arm to torso (due to injuries), a red tattered cape, a left arm guard, purple pants and a small bag attached to his belt.
Personality[]
Miguel is a deceptive sociopath. When injured, he feigns guilt over past actions, unfortunate circumstances, and a desire to bond with others. In reality, he is the kind of man who will commit crimes simply for the pleasure in doing so, and will kill children if they annoy him too much. Furthermore, he takes sadistic pleasure in taunting Alfyn for saving his life despite knowing he is a criminal. However, he is rather impulsive, kidnapping a child for ransom before waiting until his wounds were fully healed, which leads to his death.
His is deemed "a life not worth saving" by both Ogen and (eventually) Alfyn because of his willingness to lie and commit murder.
Story[]
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Miguel used to be a skilled mercenary, but according to him the work "stopped coming like it used to." Becoming a drifter and vagrant, he turned to theft instead.
Prior to Alfyn's Chapter 3, Miguel broke into an estate near Saintsbridge, stabbing a butler to death in the process. The local militia set out hunting for him with no success.
Alfyn first meets Miguel in Saintsbridge, where Miguel's wounds are being examined by Ogen. Miguel pretends to be a farmer, but Ogen sees through his façade, and decides not to treat him. Alfyn, unaware of who Miguel is, treats his wound, and saves his life.
However, as Miguel is recovering, Alfyn is alerted by one of the locals of Miguel's past: he is both a thief and a murderer. Alfyn makes Miguel promise he will become an honest man, and treats him until the wee hours of the morning.
Mostly recovered due to the treatment, Miguel kidnaps a young boy named Timothy and demands a ransom from his mother. Upon seeing Alfyn, he retreats into the Rivira Woods. As Miguel waited for his ransom, he was constantly annoyed by Timothy, so he wounded him to keep him quiet. He is eventually confronted by Alfyn and his companions, who demanded he step aside and return the child. Miguel refused and engaged them in battle, only to be defeated by the group. Badly wounded from the fight and with his previous wound reopened, Miguel collapses and dies.
Miguel taking advantage of Alfyn's compassion for his own twisted purposes causes Alfyn to have a personal crisis over being an apothecary for much of his final chapter.
The Gate of Finis[]
At the Gate of Finis the party battles what appears to be Miguel's ghost. After its destruction, it leaves behind a tome containing the second of three diaries from Graham Crossford (perhaps due to his and the criminal's shared connection to Alfyn). Particularly it details Graham's meeting with Alfyn from his perspective and how he came into contact with Lyblac.
Battle[]
Miguel is fought two times:
- As Miguel, the boss of Alfyn's Chapter 3.
- As Miguel?, one of the eight shadowy bosses in the Gate of Finis.
- Fraid you picked a fight with the wrong man...: Used at the beginning of battle. Miguel increases his actions per turn to two.
- Miguel shifts his defenses!: Used whenever Miguel recovers from a break. The following effects occur:
- Miguel changes his weaknesses to another set, rotating them in the following order:
- Always followed by Cross Spear.
- Miguel changes his weaknesses to another set, rotating them in the following order:
- Cross Spear: Physical attack, targets entire party. Hits twice.
- Hurl Spear: Effect. Miguel throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
- A spear rains down on you from above!: Used at the beginning of the next turn after Hurl Spear. Physical attack, targets random allies. Hits 4-6 times.
- Twin Spears: Physical attack, single target. Hits twice. Chance to inflict
Decreased Physical Defense for 3 turns with each hit. - Sorry, kid...but I can't let ye live.: Used once Miguel reaches 50% of his maximum health. Miguel enters boost mode.
- For the next turn, Miguel increases his actions per turn to 5. The turn order will show Miguel as having 5 actions for the next two turns, but will revert to two once the first turn of 5 actions is complete. Effect is removed upon break.
- I surrender! Have mercy!: Used once Miguel reaches 25% of his maximum health and after Sorry, kid...but I can't let ye live. Miguel enters boost mode. While in boost mode, the following effects occur:
- For the next turn, Miguel increases his actions per turn to 5. The turn order will show Miguel as having 5 actions for the next two turns, but will revert to two once the first turn of 5 actions is complete. Effect is removed upon break.
- The following skills are unlocked:
- Storm of Spears: Effect. Miguel throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
- Innumerable spears rain down on you from the heavens!: Used at the beginning of the next turn after Storm of Spears. Physical attack, targets random allies. Hits 8-10 times.
- Drink Medicine: Recovery. Immediately heals 10% of Miguel's maximum HP.
- Cross Spear: Heavy physical attack. Targets entire party. Hits twice. Shares the same name as another of Miguel's abilities, but is stronger and has a different animation (Two arcing sweeps instead of two crosses).
- Storm of Spears: Effect. Miguel throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
- Fraid you picked a fight with the wrong man...: Used at the beginning of battle. Miguel? increases his actions per turn to two.
- Miguel? shifts his defenses!: Used whenever Miguel? recovers from a break. The following effects occur:
- Miguel? changes his weaknesses to another set, rotating them in the following order:
- Always followed by Cross Spear.
- Miguel? changes his weaknesses to another set, rotating them in the following order:
- Cross Spear: Physical attack, targets entire party. Hits twice.
- Hurl Spear: Effect. Miguel? throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel? is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
- A spear rains down on you from above!: Used at the beginning of the next turn after Hurl Spear. Physical attack, targets random allies. Hits 4-6 times.
- Twin Spears: Physical attack, single target. Hits twice. Chance to inflict Decreased Physical Defense for 3 turns with each hit.
- Sorry, kid...but I can't let ye live.: Used once Miguel? reaches 50% of his maximum health. Miguel? enters boost mode.
- For the next turn, Miguel? increases his actions per turn to 5. The turn order will show Miguel? as having 5 actions for the next two turns, but will revert to two once the first turn of 5 actions is complete. Effect is removed upon break.
- I surrender! Have mercy!: Used once Miguel? reaches 25% of his maximum health and after Sorry, kid...but I can't let ye live. Miguel? enters boost mode. While in boost mode, the following effects occur:
- For the next turn, Miguel? increases his actions per turn to 5. The turn order will show Miguel? as having 5 actions for the next two turns, but will revert to two once the first turn of 5 actions is complete. Effect is removed upon break.
- The following skills are unlocked:
- Storm of Spears: Effect. Miguel? throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel? is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
- Innumerable spears rain down on you from the heavens!: Used at the beginning of the next turn after Storm of Spears. Physical attack, targets random allies. Hits 8-10 times.
- Drink Medicine: Recovery. Immediately heals 10% of Miguel's maximum HP.
- Cross Spear: Heavy physical attack. Targets entire party. Hits twice. Shares the same name as another of Miguel's abilities, but is stronger and has a different animation (Two arcing sweeps instead of two crosses).
- Storm of Spears: Effect. Miguel? throws multiple spears into the air. If Miguel? is not broken before the next turn, the spears will rain down upon the party members at the beginning of the next turn, before any character's action. The number of spears thrown does not correspond to how many times the spears will hit.
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Etymology[]
"Miguel" is a Spanish and Portuguese form of the name "Michael," which is derived from the Hebrew name “Mikha'el,” meaning “who is like God?" Miguel's name thus ironically echoes Alfyn's choice not to play god by discriminating against his patients, a choice that leads the apothecary to a crisis of character.
Trivia[]
- Although his recommended level is one of the lowest for Chapter 3, Miguel's fight is considered one of the hardest Chapter 3 boss battles.
- Miguel's first set of weaknesses changes between Alfyn's Chapter 3 and The Gate of Finis fights (the Light weakness being replaced with a Dark one). It is the only case where weaknesses differ between a foe and their Gate of Finis counterpart.
- Miguel is the only boss in Alfyn's story who is deceased by the end, as the narrative establishes that killing is not Alfyn's modus operandi. However, Miguel's exploitation of his compassionate personality for his own benefit and then wounding an innocent child convinces Alfyn that he is beyond redemption.
- Miguel shares the trait of being the sole boss to die at the end of the chapter they are fought in with the Venomtooth Tiger from Tressa Colzione's Chapter 2 and both reappear as bosses past the Gate of Finis.
- Miguel is the only boss in Alfyn's story weak to , which may symbolize his unredeemable evil as "a life not worth saving".
- Miguel is also the only boss in Alfyn's story not weak to . However, his Gate of Finis counterpart is weak to Dark instead of Light.
- Miguel is also the only boss in Alfyn's story not weak to
- According to Ogen, Miguel conceals a dagger beneath his cloak.
- Because depictions of blood may get rejected in development, the game's boss designer added it to Miguel's sketch half-expecting the worst. However, the blood did end up being used in Miguel's sprite on his bandages, armor, and weaponry, which really added flair from a story perspective.[1]
- Miguel is the only main antagonist of a playable character's story who is not the final boss of their story, as the Ogre Eagle attacks Alfyn out of natural instinct to hunt and not with malicious intent.
- Miguel is also the only main antagonist of a playable character's story who has no connection to Lyblac, directly or indirectly.
References[]
- ↑ The Art of Octopath Traveler 2016-2020, page 119.