Maenads (Final Fantasy)

==Summary==
The Maenads is an artificial life form made by The Creator, and is one of the Primary Antagonists of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Made through the Crystals using Rydia's existence as a blueprint, It was made for the sole purpose of finding and retrieving all the Crystals to The Creator. Starting its quest by capturing and controlling all of the Eidolons in the Feymarch and the God of Eidolons himself, they set out for Baron to control Cecil as one of their own in order to retrieve the Crystals much more efficiently. Throughout its journey it has stopped the heroes dead on their tracks with the exception of Golbez. After retrieving all of the Crystals it attempted to stop the heroes once again, only for Bahamut to turn on her when Rydia's voice got through to him. All of them obey their master to the bitter end, and will continuously spawn with no sign of resistance until what they seek is theirs.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely , far higher with Augments
Name: Maenads
Origin: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Artificial Life form, Rydia, Summoner
Powers and Abilities: 
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Is skilled in Rods, Daggers, Bows and Arrows), Self-Sustenance (Type 1; He can breathe on the moon with no issues), Telekinesis (shown with this abilityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 4, page 210)), Duplication (Should one Maenad be defeated, more will come to take their place), Blessed (Is blessed by The Crystal, which grants him the abilities of the Crystal), Telepathy (Is comparable to Palom as a mage, who can communicate with Porom through his mindFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 234), Invulnerability and Attack Reflection (Can nullify any physical attacks and reflect magical attacks via the Lunar Curtain), Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Types 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9; Is capable of killing undeads and beings who resurrect in Mount Ordeals. Additionally, destroyed Scarmiglione whose true power manifests by coming back as an undead after death. Is even capable of permanently killing the Leshy creature, which can live on via possessing another corpse.Final Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook Is also capable of killing beings who are blessed with the Crystals, who grant these immortalities and regeneration abilities), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29 in its basest form,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107 is projecting one's innerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109 mind onto reality,Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and is powered by intelligence and mental strength), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the ,Final Fantasy I to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of thingsFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic abilityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199 and time and space were twisted to the pointFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67 the past, present and futureFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73 existed as oneFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147), Resistance Negation (Can bypass the enemies innate resistance to status ailments and being analyzed via the and the numerous Lunar summons, which can affect Zeromus despite him being resistant to these effects), Extrasensory Perception (Can sense beings from far awayFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years), Necromancy (A Maenad was able to revive slain baron infantry as Zombies), Sealing (The Maenads could chain the souls of Eidolons in another dimension), Soul Manipulation (can utilize Ifrit's hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul awayFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Can use different levels of Fire and Ice magic. Both Fire and Ice related abilities are stated to affect the target's electrons, being able to even negate durability in the process), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (via Thunder spells, which are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Sleep Manipulation and Biological Manipulation (via Sleep, which can affect the target's cerebral cortex), Poison Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, and Corrosion Inducement (Can inflict Poison with Poison and Bio, the former is stated to corrode the target, and the latter inflicts the target with a disease), Transmutation (via Pig and Toad), Time Stop (via Stop), Earth Manipulation (via Quake), Absorption (via Osmose and Drain), BFR (The teleport/Warp spells are capable of banishing targets to the Void, which inflicts the following abilities on the victim: Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (which includes Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Perception Manipulation), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption (Type 2)), Petrification (via Break), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (via Death, which can solidify the target's blood), Air Manipulation (via Tornado), Telekinesis (via Meteor), Explosion Manipulation (via Flare), Healing, Paralysis Inducement and Biological Manipulation (via Hold, which is stated toFinal Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook affect the brain's fundamental functions), Resurrection (via Raise), Purification (Type 3; via Esuna), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can inflict targets with the Confuse status ailment, driving the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies), Self-Destruction (via Bomb),Absolute Zero (via Shiva), Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is statedFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270 numerous times to be a nuclear powerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271), Pocket Reality Manipulation (via Lunar Bahamut and Lunar Ramuh since they made their own pocket dimensions in their dungeons), Mind Manipulation and Age Manipulation (via Lunar Mist DragonFinal Fantasy IV), Statistics Amplification (via Asura), Shapeshifting and Power Mimicry (Lunar Bahamut was able to shapeshift into Kain and copy his abilities)
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Resistant to the Following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is shown to project one's inner mind onto reality, and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road, remove entire concepts and warp space and time to where the past, present, and future exists as one), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from), Disease Manipulation (Can remain in the Impact Crater for extended periods of time despite its presence rotting the landFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 83 and making it diseased), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space, ,Dissidia Final Fantasy ), Life Manipulation, Absorption (Can cross the Devil's Road without their life force being drained), Extreme Heat (Can fight for extended periods in the lava-filled chasms of the underworld), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Absolute Zero (Can survive Lunar Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Hellfire Manipulation (Can survive the heat and flames of Ifrit's hellfire), Resistance Negation (Can resist the status ailments from the Lunar Summons, which can affect Zeromus despite him being resistant to these effects), Soul Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the ability of the Trap Door to being absorbed down to his very soul, on top of surviving the Devil's RoadFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 4, page 195 which can rip apart one's soul, and can withstand Ifrit's Hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul away), Possession and Necromancy (Is able to resist the effects of the Leshy's possession ability regardless if she's dead), Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet), Curse Manipulation, Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Time Stop, Statistics Reduction, and Corruption (Type 2; Is shown to withstand the effects of the Darkness from Final Fantasy III more than once, which is shown to have these abilities), Regeneration Negation (High-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8; Is capable of withstanding hits from numerous foes blessed by the crystals and is still capable of healing from his wounds and not lose his immortality), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blindFinal Fantasy V GBA Manual), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood), Attack Reflection (The Piercing Magic Augment allows the user to bypass reflect spells as a whole), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target to attack anyone, even their allies), Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep status effect), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Paralyze status effect), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of resisting the Fire and Ice spell, which is capable of affecting the target's electrons), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target), Transmutation (can resist the Toad and Pig spell), Size Manipulation (Is able to resist the Mini spell)
|-|With Augments=Instinctive Reaction (Auto-Potion causes the user to automatically use potions when in danger, and Counter automatically counters physical attacks when hit), Statistics Amplification (Item Lore doubles the effectiveness of healing and damaging items, including weaponry. Fast Talker doubles the rate at which one can cast magic, Bluff can increase one's intelligence, etc.), Curse Manipulation, Reactive Power Level (Last Stand doubles defense when the user is at low health, and Adrenaline does the same with offenses), Statistics Reduction (The Curse augment allows the user to curse others and halve their strength and defense. The Cry augment further halves enemies' defenses), Water Manipulation, Death Manipulation (Tsunami emits a massive wave of water that inflicts instant death), Fusionism (The Twincast augment allows the user to cast different spells with those they share a strong bond with), Sound Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Transmutation, Regeneration (Mid-Low, possibly High-Mid), Time Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Bardsong allows the user to cast magic through singing, including turning enemies into pigs, granting regeneration, casting haste, and increasing all stats. The bard's powers can also drain the target's will to fight), Stealth Mastery (Hide allows the user to take cover, using ranged attacks such as aim and throw while hidden), Magic (Including Statistics Amplification, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, and Transmutation. Recall allows the user to cast random magic spells, including Toad, Bubble, Bravery, Faith, and the three Elemental tiers), Air Manipulation (Whirlwind surrounds the target with a tornado and renders them weak to fire magic), Perception Manipulation (Eye Gouge allows the user to blind enemies), Information Analysis and Clairvoyance (Analyze allows the user to study enemies to see their stats, and is stated to Clairvoyance), Power Modification (Upgrade allows the user to use items to enchant their weapons with different elements), Fire Manipulation (Inferno coats the battlefield in an eruption of fire), Darkness Manipulation, Life Manipulation (The Darkness augment allows the user to sacrifice their life in the form of greater attack power), Martial Arts (Focus, Kick, and Brace are all various different martial arts techniques), Accelerated Development (Level Lust increases the rate at which the user gains experience. All augments increase the stats of the user as they gain experience), Energy Manipulation and Restoration (Omnicasting allows the user to vastly increase the area of effect of their spells, even normally single-target ones. Bless gradually restores the MP of one's allies), Resurrection (When the user is slain with the Phoenix augment, they resurrect all of their allies), Awakened Power (Limit Break allows the user to shatter their previous limits)
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Attack Potency: At least Multi-Solar System level (Is capable of holding off the Creator. The Creator merely duplicating himself was enough to destroy his entire moon vessel,Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, epilogue, page 292 which is shown to have and ), likely Low Multiverse level (Is superior to the Four creatures of darkness from FF3, which could each fight the endgame Warriors of Light in a 1v4), far higher with Augments
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Is comparable to Gilgamesh)
Lifting Strength: Multi-Stellar (Is comparable to the Creator, who's able to carry his entire moon on his own, which is shown to have numerous star clusters inside)
Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level, far higher with Augments
Durability: At least Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Withstood the attacks of The Creator and Gilgamesh), far higher with Augments
Stamina: Superhuman (Scales from Rydia, who can regularly fight through entire gauntlets of monsters without tiring and managed to get back up after being knocked unconscious by the Creator after hearing the prayers of her friends and family)
Range: Standard Melee Range. Multiversal+ with magic (Magic is shown to affect Omnipresent beings, such as Exdeath, who's become one with the Void, a dimensional power that expands across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, and is capable of warping enemies to the Void with the Teleport/Warp spell)
Standard Equipment: The Crystals
Intelligence: Gifted. Is able to outsmart her foes on several occasions. Is at least comparable to Cecil and Kain, who are superior in combat experience than the Baron knights, who are trained to analyze their targets in a few seconds to determine their weaknesses to take them down.
Weaknesses: None notable.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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*Fire/Fira/Firaga: The Maenads casts a Fire spell to deal damage to his foes.
*Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: The Maenads casts an Ice spell to deal damage to his foes.
*Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: The Maenads casts a Lightning Spell to deal damage to his foes.
*Sleep: The Maenads casts a spell that puts his targets to sleep.
*Poison: The Maenads casts a spell that inflicts the target with Poison.
*Pig: The Maenads casts a spell that turns the target into a Pig.
*Stop:The Maenads halt the flow of time on his foes to freeze them in place.
*Bio: The Maenads casts a spell that infects the target with a disease.
*Toad: The Maenads casts a spell that turns the target into a Toad.
*Drain: The Maenads drains the target of their heath to replenish his own.
*Warp: The Maenads warps himself to a different locations or teleports his targets into the Rift.
*Break: The Maenads casts a spell to petrify his target.
*Osmose:The Maenads drains the target of their magic to replenish his own.
*Death: The Maenads casts a spell to instantly kill his target.
*Tornado:The Maenads casts a spell that summons a tornado to bring the enemy down to the brink of death.
*Meteor: The Maenads summons meteors from the deep reaches of space to attack his foes.
*Flare: The Maenads causes a fusion reaction to generate a devastating explosion to attack his foes.
*Cure/Cura: The Maenads casts a healing spell to heal her wounds.
*Hold: The Maenads casts a paralysis spell to stop her foes on their tracks.
*Sight: The Maenads gains a massive view of the entire world to find locations..
*Esuna: The Maenads casts a spell to cure herself of any status ailments.
*Raise: The Maenads resurrects a fallen ally.
*Confuse: The Maenads casts a spell that drives the target insane and attacks anyone around them, including their allies.
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*Asura: Summons the queen of Eidolons who will either heal The Maenads and her allies with Curaga, shield them from physical damage with Protect, or revive fallen allies with Raise.
*Bahamut: Summons the God of Eidolons to annihilate The Maenads's foes with his mighty Mega Flare.
*Bomb: Summons a living bomb who deals damage equal to the amount of health The Maenads has remaining.
*Cockatrice: Summons the evil-eyed bird to instantly petrify foes who stare into its eyes.
*Ifrit: Summons a fiery demon who incinerates foes with scorching Hellfire that is hot enough to turn the world to ashes.
*Leviathan: Summons the King of Eidolons who raises all the seas on Earth, drowning and crushing foes with the bitter draught of his Tidal Wave attack.
*Mindflayer: Summons the Mindflayer to attack The Maenads's foes with Mind Blast, paralyzing them and rapidly sapping them of their strength until they succumb to their injuries.
*Mist Dragon: A summon that once belonged to her mother, she summons the dragon of mist to destroy foes with its holy-elemental Cold Mist, concealing The Maenads and her allies within the mist generated to confuse foes with afterimages.
*Odin: Summons the Reaver to bisect The Maenads's foes, instantly slaying them unless they bear an immunity to instant death.
*Ramuh: Summons the Elder Justicar of thunder to smite foes with his electrifying Judgment Bolt.
*Shiva: Summons the Empress of ice to flash freeze foes with her signature Diamond Dust attack.
*Sylph: Summons the Fair and Unseen Fey to attack foes with Whispering Winds, healing allies equal to the amount of damage dealt.
*Titan: Summons the Earthreaver to split the ground and shake it to its core with his Gaia's Wrath attack.
*Whyt: Summons a larval Eidolon trained by The Maenads and her friends to aid her in combat. He has been tutored by every one of the main heroes and has thus acquired a mastery of close combat as well as being highly skilled in magic, possessing practically limitless wells of mana due to his nature as an Eidolon.
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*Item Lore: The user is capable of increasing the effectiveness of both healing and damaging items.
*Counter: The user automatically counter attacks when they get hit by the enemy.
*Curse: The user inflicts curse on the enemy, dropping their overall stats as a result.
*Tsunami: Casts a giant wave of water upon the enemy that can potentially cause instant death.
*Bluff: The user's intelligence increases drastically, increasing their spell's effectiveness.
*Cry: The user starts crying and drops the enemy's defenses by half.
*Dualcast: the user is capable of casting two spells at once.
*Bardsong: The user is capable of using the bard's ability to sing, being able to use a variety of abilities, such as healing, inflicting status ailments on the enemy, or damaging them.
*Hide: The user hides from the enemy, being undetected while capable of attacking from a distance with throwing items and bows.
*Recall: The user casts a random spell that can cause random effects to the target.
*Last Stand and Adrenaline: The user's strength and defenses increases when their health is low.
*Fast Talker: The user is capable of casting spells at a far shorter time than normal.
*Whirlwind: The user casts wind magic upon the targets and decreases the target's innate resistance to fire.
*Eye Gouge: The user inflicts blind on the target, enveloping them in darkness and messing their optical senses.
*Analyze: The user is capable of analyzing the target to determine their stats, strengths and weaknesses.
*Upgrade: The user can mix an elemental attack item with their weapons, gaining their innate powers in their weapons as a result.
*Inferno: The user casts a giant fire spell, damaging all foes in the area.
*Darkness: The user sacrifices some of their health to gain a massive boost in power.
*Focus: The user can store in energy to deal massive amounts of damage in their next attack.
*Kick: The user flies at the foes with a flying kick, attacking everything in the vicinity.
*Brace: The user reduces the damage taken by a large amount.
*Level Lust: The user is capable of increasing their stats at a faster rate than normal.
*Piercing Magic: The user is capable of bypassing spells that are capable of reflecting attacks back.
*Bless: The user's magic power recovers at a steady rate.
*Phoenix: The user can revive and restore other members should they die.
*Limit Break: The user breaks their previous limits, being capable of dealing damages tens of times greater than they could previously.
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==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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