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Pujyu is a character and a tertiary antagonist in Dragon Quest X.
Appearances[]
Dragon Quest X[]
Biography[]
Like all other Dark Deities created by Jagonuba, Pujyu, the Dark Deity of Scorn, was sealed away by Goddess Luciana many millenia ago. However, following a great disaster 500 years ago caused by Razerburn detonating the Temple Raydamethes, the shrine housing Pujyu was damaged, allowing the evil clown to escape his confinement. Since then, he has been working in the shadows, biding his time for the right occasion to free his master from his own imprisonment,
It is later implied that the Unclean Serpent that killed the Original Owner during the Poppet prologue story, as well as Pudin's parents was actually the tail of Pujyu's Dark Deity form.
Pujyu first appears outside Gardlund Castle performing for the townspeople juggling some balls and a doll. He preforms a magic trick where the doll disappears, and reveals that an Ogre boy had it the whole time. The audience cheers with the jester thanking the audience for his magic trick, rolling away to parts unknown. When Monsterous Marine is defeated, she transforms back into her orginal doll form, which Pujyu snatches away along with Marine's necklace, and reveals he was behind the disappearances, fleeing the scene. He later appears once again in the Gardlund side story, leading Zackes's Gazbaran's Fangs and reveals that the 3 Gardlund soldiers were actually Demonic Knights and dares the Hero to fight them. When the Knights are defeated, Pujyu and Zackes flee. Pujyu later taunts the Hero about the chocolate stuffed doll, which gets taken by Chief Spindle. Pujyu watches the fight between Spindle and Zackes's monster form with the Hero helping the good Ogre, and Zackes losing the battle. Pujyu criticizes and mocks the Ogre for his defeat and leaves, becoming a wanted man.
He is not seen again until the end of Tobias's side story, secretly taking Nadragle's Shock seed.
He later shows up interrupting the Hero's retirement party with a fake Anlucia and stealing Kyronos's Shock seed, while the real one saves him on Pegasus. The Hero chases him to a door resembling an Escudogre monster and the two fight. Pujyu loses, but uses the Shock seeds collected to open the door to the Netherworld, and mocks the Hero of the worst to come, disappearing in purple smoke. However, he and his multiple copies are shown in the ending of 5.3, foreshadowing his return, which happens during the quest to revive Luciana. He mockingly asks the Hero if he remembers him and proceeds to mock Illusia about her doubts of being the Goddess of Astoltia. He then flees the scene, but gets struck by a lightning bolt conjured by Empress Gokuten.
Later, after Illusia has regained her memories of her past life, he shows up with multiple duplicates of himself which get shot down by her arrows and calls for his master Jagonuba, which had awakened inside Nalasia, surprising Empress Gokuten. Pujyu later witnesses Nalasia snap his fingers and summons Yafagil, one of the other Dark Deities, which the jester happily welcomes. They later leave in a portal, with Illusia assuring Gokuten that she will be alright.
He is later seen at the top of the Temple of Rufa after the Hero, Singh, Anlucia, Estelle, Valeria, Shaka, and Azbar defeat the Dark Deity, mockingly congratulating the Hero for making it this far. Sage Marine shows up and uses Ra's mirror on him, sending the jester flying back, commending the Sage for her cleverness and merges with a lot of his duplicates, revealing his true form, a grotesque monster with the Unclean Serpent from the Poppet land's Valley of Impurity as his tail. Despite the Dark Deity's impressive power, he is defeated again and curses his loss, but warns them that Jagonuba's true power will awaken and bring Astoltia into darkness, making it a paradise for monsterkind. He laughs before succumbing to his injuries and dies. However, he explains it was just a trick and summons more of himself to pester the Hero, though Marine uses a red crystal to seal him, getting rid of his copies in the process and eats him, thus defeating the villain for good.
Battles[]
Initial Form[]
| # - Pujyu Demon Family | |||||
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HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Weight |
| {{{HP}}} | {{{MP}}} | {{{Attack}}} | {{{Defense}}} | {{{Agility}}} | |
| Exp | Gold | Drop | None | ||
| 5000 | 0 G | ||||
| Note: None | |||||
| Abilities | |||||
| Normal attack Cursed Juggling Surprise Box | |||||
| Spells | |||||
| Kafrizz | |||||
| Haunts at: | |||||
| Unknown | |||||
Final Form[]
| # - Pujyu the Dark Deity Demon Family | |||||
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HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Weight |
| 208500 | 9999 | 1485 | 801 | 2999 | |
| Exp | Gold | Drop | None | ||
| 70000 | 25 G | ||||
| Note: | |||||
| Abilities | |||||
| Normal attack Killer Puppet Show (Summons 3 Pujyus) Lightning Storm Hachamecha Puppet Ray Pechanko Suppoli Ridiculous Pollution | |||||
| Spells | |||||
| Kafrizzle Godspeed Melagaia | |||||
| Haunts at: | |||||
| Unknown | |||||
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Pujyu is similar to villainous Jester characters in other video games, such as Dimentio, Kefka, Joka, Marx, & Dhoulmagus, being initially brushed aside as insignificant until their ulterior motives are found out too late.
- For Dimentio, both are seemingly just silly jesters who have a more sinister side to them, and both commit a final act that makes things worse for the world. (Dimentio leaves behind the last of his power to ensure the Chaos Heart takes all worlds even if he dies and Pujyu using the Shock seed to open the Netherworld's doors.)
- For Marx, both ride balls and trick the hero (The Hero and Kirby) into opening paths of power for them, and both have scary grotesque final forms. (Marx Soul and Pujyu's Dark Deity form)
- For Joka, both are the most trusted right hand men of their respective masters (Jagonuba and Ghadius), do most of the work, both of their final fights take place in a tower with lots of light, (Coronia and the Temple of Rufa) and both have a final form that resembles a demonic turtle.
Related monsters[]
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