Priestess Hinoekagura is a boss in Octopath Traveler II. She is the guardian of the fifth and final floor of the Five-Tiered Tower and one of the guardians that must be defeated to complete the A Tower of Trials side story.
Once she is defeated, the side story is complete, and the travelers will receive a Proof of the Conjurer, unlocking the Conjurer job.
Battle[]
Priestess Hinoekagura begins with two actions per turn.
As her first action, she will imbue each of her physical attacks with a secondary, fire elemental attack.
She will periodically change into an onslaught form that changes her weaknesses and uses exclusively physical attacks, each of which are followed by a secondary elemental attack.
At 66% of her maximum health, Priestess Hinoekagura will increase her maximum shields to 10 and imbue each of her physical attacks with a secondary, ice elemental attack that also drains SP.
At 33% of her maximum health, Priestess Hinoekagura will increase her maximum shields to 13 and imbue each of her physical attacks with a secondary, lightning elemental attack that also has a chance to inflict 
Unconsciousness.
Abilities[]
- Now, resist the onslaught... Priestess Hinoekagura changes to her Onslaught form. The following occurs:
- Priestess Hinoekagura changes her mask for a hannya mask and unsheathes two swords.
- Priestess Hinoekagura increases her actions per turn to three for the next turn only.
- Priestess Hinoekagura changes her weaknesses to
. - Priestess Hinoekagura uses exclusively physical attacks.
- Attack: Physical attack, single target. Single attack followed by a conjured elemental hit. [Power 100]
- Two-Step: Physical attack, two targets. Single attack followed by a conjured elemental hit. [Power 90]
- Tripartite Dance: Physical attack, single targets. Three attacks followed by a conjured elemental hit. [Power 75]
- Blade Flourish:
- Young Woman: Used after the third action while Priestess Hinoekagura is in her Onslaught form and whenever she recovers from a break while in her Onslaught form. The following occurs:
- Priestess Hinoekagura changes back to her original appearance.
- Priestess Hinoekagura decreases her actions per turn to two.
- Priestess Hinoekagura changes her weaknesses to
- Priestess Hinoekagura uses elemental attacks, buffs, effects, and her standard attack.
- Divine Wind: Elemental damage, no type. Targets entire party. [Power 100]
- Dance of Immunity: Priestess Hinoekagura gains 5 charges of a buff that prevents negative stat augmentations.
- Sealing Ceremony: Effect. Single target. Removes target from turn order until Priestess Hinoekagura is broken. Target cannot act while effect is active, but timers and counters will still decrement normally. Target may also still receive damage and be the target of skills and effects.
- Prayer for Rain: Buff. Priestess Hinoekagura gains HP Regen for 5 turns (3,000 / turn).
- Behold the might of heaven!: Used at 66% of Priestess Hinoekagura's maximum health. The following occurs:
- Priestess Hinoekagura increases her maximum shields to 10.
- Followed by Conjure Ice.
- Kneel before my divine power!: Used at 33% of Priestess Hinoekagura's maximum health. The following occurs:
- Priestess Hinoekagura increases her maximum shields to 13.
- Followed by Conjure Lightning.
- Conjure Flames // Granted additional fire-based attack!: Effect. Physical attacks are followed by a elemental attack [Power 110].
- Conjure Ice // Granted additional ice-based attack!: Effect. Physical attacks are followed by a elemental attack [Power 100] that also reduces the target's SP by 20% of their maximum SP.
- Conjure Lightning // Granted additional lightning-based attack!: Effect. Physical attacks are followed by a elemental attack [Power 100] that also has a chance to inflict Unconsciousness for 2-3 turns (25-50%, depending on ability).
- Ill Omen: Priestess Hinoekagura enters boost mode for 1 turn. Skill used if not broken before Priestess Hinoekagura's next turn depends on the message that follows and activates at the very beginning of the following turn before any other actions are taken:
- "Three stars of courage shall vanish in a blink...": Uses BP reduced by 3! if not broken before Priestess Hinoekagura's next turn.
- BP reduced by 3!: Effect. Targets entire party. Reduces target's BP by 3.
- "What was once teeming with life shall wither and die...": Uses 'The traveler with the most HP was incapacitated! if not broken before Priestess Hinoekagura's next turn.
- The traveler with the most HP was incapacitated!: Effect. Instantly incapacitates the traveler that currently has the highest HP.
- "A merciless light shall shine down from the heavens...": Uses A divine light descends from above... if not broken before Priestess Hinoekagura's next turn.
- A divine light descends from above...: Elemental attack, no type. Targets random allies. Hits 5 times. [Power 100]
- "Three stars of courage shall vanish in a blink...": Uses BP reduced by 3! if not broken before Priestess Hinoekagura's next turn.
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
"Hinoekagura" can be broken down into a number of individual components. "Hino," a Japanese surname, is primarily related to "sun" or "fire" and "field" or "plain," with the most common interpretation being "sun field." This meaning could reflect Hinoekagura's involvement with the elements and relationship with the seasonal, celestial cycles of the conjurer class. The term "Hinoe" refers to the third or ten heavenly stems in the traditional East Asian calendar system, again reflecting the priestess's ritual connection to the heavens.
"Kagura" (神楽) is a Japanese term referring to a type of Shinto ritualistic dance, the word being a contraction of "kami no kura" (meaning "seat of the gods"). The term signifies the place where the gods are believed to reside during the ceremony, with the dances serving as a form of entertainment and communication with the divine—a meaning that reflects Hinoekagura's own ritual dances.
Trivia[]
- According to legend, Priestess Hinoeukagura is known as the conjurer goddess of Hinoeuma, and the region is named after her.
- Priestess Hinoekagura appears in the background of the art for Hikari's EX unit in Champions of the Continent.