Akalā

"*Grrrrrr…I am…strong.*" —*Akalā, before Ochette chooses her companion*

**Akalā** is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*. He acts as both a younger and older brother to Ochette along her journey.

If Ochette chooses Mahina to be her companion, Akalā will be the final boss of her story.

## Profile

> A lājackal, radiant in the sun's grace, its fangs are formidable weapons that tear the flesh of its prey.
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### Personality

Akalā is often one to keep calm and collected, and if Ochette starts becoming too impatient or impulsive, he helps to remind her of her responsibilities. He is a very steadfast and loyal friend who plays the straight man to Ochette’s wise girl.

## Battle

Similar to Ochette, Akalā is a physical attacker. He deals more damage than Mahina, in exchange for giving Ochette less coverage. He will always attack a foe's physical weakness, but the foe and weakness is chosen at random e.g. if fighting a Lloris and Shambling Weed, he will either target the former with either a ,  or  attack, or the latter with a ,  or  attack.

During the battle against the Darkling of the Sorrowful Moon, and when Ochette is fully boosted after completing her story, Akalā will unleash a  or  attack on all foes three times, and will always use an attack that at least one foe is weak to.

### Skills

* **Sharp Claw:** Unleash a  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Charge:** Unleash a  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Sharp Fang:** Unleash a  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Bisect:** Unleash an  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Vital Strike:** Unleash a  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Wallop:** Unleash a  attack on a random foe that is weak to .
* **Finishing Blow:** Physical damage to all foes once, if all foes are currently broken.

#### Awakened

* **Azure Claw:** Unleash a  attack on all foes three times, if at least one foe is weak to .
* **Azure Fang:** Unleash a  attack on all foes three times, if at least one foe is weak to .

## Story

Juvah and Ochette arrive at some ruins ten years before the start of the main story, where Akala and Mahina the malamaowl were waiting. Here, Juvah allows Ochette to have an animal companion to hunt with, but Juvah says she can only have one. Should players pick Mahina, Akalā will be shrouded in darkness and go berserk, attacking Ochette before making his leave from the narrative, but if players pick Akalā, the inverse happens.

### Chapter One

Ten years later, Akalā and Ochette were chasing after a gluttonous lizard called King Iguana, as it had begun eating far more than it should have and was threatening the natural order. Ochette and Akala eventually caught up to the creature and captured it, and as tempting as it was Ochette to eat it, Akala reminded her that the King Iguana's meat was for the people of Beasting Village, not her exclusively.

## Etymology

Ākala (not Akalā) is the Hawaiian word for a species of endemic raspberry shrubs found in Hawai'i, however it could also refer to the color pink. Some sources claim the word's meaning is "*Morning Sun*", which may have been what the developers were intending Akalā's name to reference. Lā doubles as the Hawaiian word for Sun/day, which also means that Akalā’s species, Lājackal, means *Sun Jackal*. This, alongside Mahina's analogical naming convention relating to the Moon, further strengthens the day/night duality present in the game represented by Ochette's two companions.