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**Bandelam the Reaper** is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*.

### Personality

Bandelam is a warrior who revels in combat and violence. This bloodlust is what causes him to follow Lord Borneau despite his unsavory nature. He lives and dies by the code of combat and the arena, with his motto being "defeat is death".

Despite his brutal nature, Bandelam is also a fighter of considerable honor. After Hikari proves his mettle against him and tells him of his reasons for fighting, Bandelam is noticeably moved by the warrior's motivations. His same brutal code extends to himself, as after he was defeated by Hikari, he was more than willing to allow the man to kill him in order to keep his honor intact.

## Story

After arriving at Montwise to find Kazan, Hikari becomes an underground gladiator for Kazan in order to rid him of his debts so he can aid Ku unimpeded. In order to help Kazan, Hikari must continuously win in the arena, with Bandelam, Lord Borneau's personal warrior, being the ultimate challenge. Kazan states that he has felled over a hundred foes, and not one has even come close to besting him.

After Hikari's victory against Zeto the Butcher, he goes against the crowd and his shadow self's wishes to kill him, causing much dismay among the audience. Bandelam appears to kill Zeto in his stead, but Hikari intervenes, offering himself as challenger instead. Bandelam accepts, and proclaims that he will be the one to usher Hikari into death's embrace.

On the day of the battle, Hikari and Bandelam cross blades in an intense duel. Bandelam is impressed that he has finally come up against a warrior of equal strength to him, and asks what Hikari fights for. Hikari says he fights for fellowship and the future of his homeland, and will cut through any foe to reach his goal, no matter how strong. Suddenly, Borneau's podium is overrun by escaped gladiators, who hold him and the other guests (save Kazan) hostage. Nevertheless, Bandelam and Hikari continue their battle.

Afterwards, Bandelam is defeated, and tells Hikari to kill him as it is the way of the arena. Despite the rage of gladiators and his shadow self's whispers, Hikari manages to convince the gladiators to let their grudges go and end the cycle of bloodshed. With the champion defeated and Kazan's gambit successful, Kazan takes Borneau's arena as payment and frees all of the gladiators.

After the events of Hikari's story, Bandelam can be seen looking over a cliff near Crackridge harbor, now having left Borneau's services. With Hikari's story and actions having changed Bandelam's outlook on life, he now wanders the world searching for new purpose.

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**Bandelam the Reaper** is fought twice in succession:

* The first fight is with Hikari only, fought as a Challenge duel.
* The second fight is with the entire group of travelers after the freed gladiators reach Borneau.

* Bandelam the Reaper (Duel)
* Bandelam the Reaper

## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

 (100%)

**Stats**

 243
 224
 207
 200

 126
 77
 140
 110

**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Abilities

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Double Slash:**
* **Sword Smash:**
* **Full-Fledged Attack:**

## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

 (100%)

**Stats**

 400
 230
 190
 170

 120
 120
 130
 110

**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

At the beginning of battle, Bandelam the Reaper will perform the following actions:

* **Shield Slam**

Targets two random party members, inflicts Unconscious for one turn

* ***Bandelam's eyes fill with bloodlust!***
* Seal the following weaknesses:

Whenever Bandelam recovers from a break, he will use ***Bandelam stands ready...***.

### Abilities

* ***Bandelam stands ready...*:** Used when Bandelam recovers from a break. The following effects occur:
	+ Bandelam gains 2 additional shields, up to a maximum of ??.
	+ Weaknesses seal and unlock his weaknesses, alternating between the two:

* **Behead:**
* **Double Cut:**
* **Sweep:**
* **Warrior's Blade:**
* **Downward Strike:**
* **Stout Slash:**
* **Shield Slam:**

* ***Bandelam's eyes fill with bloodlust!*:** Bandelam enters boost mode for 1 turn. Uses **The Reaper** if not broken before Bandelam's next action.
	+ **The Reaper:**
* ***Now the real fun begins...*:**
	+ **The Grim Reaper:**

## Trivia

* Bandelam is the only boss that is fought by challenge and by regular battle during a character's main story objectives.
* A scrapped side quest exists in the game's code called Bandelam's Next Chapter, which details his escape from Frigit Isle alongside Deputy Cubaryi after the game's events. This contradicts with multiple plot points at the game's end, namely that Frigit Isle is shut down and Cubaryi is deceased by the end of the game's events.