Abaia

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==Statistics==
==Other Uses==
==Synthesis Recipes==
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==Obtained from Desynthesis==
==How to Obtain==
===Fishing===
Note: (Great Blue)
*Frog lure - also attracts Dark Bass, Giant Catfish, Red Terrapin.
*Minnow - also attracts dark bass, giant catfish.
*Sinking minnow - also attracts dark bass, giant catfish.
*Slice of carp - also attracts Crayfish, dark bass.
*Trout ball - also attracts dark bass, Emperor Fish, giant catfish.
==Historical Background==
According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try and catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a tidal wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia’s powerful tail.
Another version of the legend states that if someone were to harm a creature living in the Abaia’s home, the Abaia would cause a great rainstorm, flooding the land and drowning those who had caused the harm.
Although it would seem that the magical powers of the Abaia are the byproduct of human imagination and its fear of the unknown, it has been suggested that Abaia legend may have stemmed from encounters with an actual undiscovered species of giant eel living at the bottom of these remote lakes.