Byblos (Final Fantasy V)

The Byblos, also known as the Biblos, is a boss in Final Fantasy V. He attacks the party in the Library of the Ancients just before they talk to Mid. In the Finest Fantasy for Advance and the now discontinued 2013 Matrix Software versions, he also appears in the Sealed Temple's Cloister of the Dead.
A scholar in the Library of the Ancients explains that Byblos was captured and sealed in the basement after it first appeared in the Wind Shrine, 30 years before the game's events.
==Stats==
== Battle ==
The Byblos inflicts many status ailments, particularly confusion, but he also drains the party's MP with Magic Hammer (can be learned as Blue Magic) and halves their level with Discord. He will occasionally counter physical attacks by casting Protect on himself, and counters magical attacks with casting Toad on the party.
When the Byblos is at low HP, he will occasionally counter with Drain for approximately 300 damage. If killed by the summon Ifrit, he will say, "Ifrit, did you?... the seal of the master will soon be blown wide open." If killed by any other way, he will say, "Soon, the seal of the master will be open."
=== Strategy ===
A Black Mage and Mystic Knight should rely on Fira and other similar abilities to exploit the Byblos's weakness to Fire magic. Although summoning Ifrit deals a lot of damage, the Byblos will counter by casting Toad and Confuse.
A safe and easy way to win is to use the Blue Magic spell Death Claw to take him down to single digits. Obtaining a Flame Rod from Karnak and using it as an item should also defeat him quickly.
The Byblos can be easily killed by using a Beastmaster to catch and release a Page 32, which will use Banish on the Byblos.
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
=== Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ===
Byblos appears with an ice-elemental card.
== Gallery ==
Amano Byblos.jpg|Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
Amano Byblos 2.jpg|Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
Byblos TCG.png|Final Fantasy Trading Card Game card.
== Etymology ==
The name likely refers to the Byblos syllabary. 
== Related enemies ==
* Apanda
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