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**Mother** is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*. Alongside Father, she is the secondary antagonist of Throné's story.
One of the two leaders of the Blacksnakes who values order and discipline above all, managing the guild's members by mercilessly punishing those who fail her.

## Profile

### Personality

She is cruel, sadistic and merciless in beating her "children" to an inch of their lives with her whip if they displeased her in anyway.

## Story

Originally a low-ranked member of the Blacksnakes, the woman who came to be known as Mother manipulated Sebastian into helping her kill the previous leader Marietta to take over the organization. After Sebastian slit Marietta's throat, Mother loomed over her rival's dying body while sarcastically promising to take care of the newborn Throné. But Sebastian, becoming her partner in leading the Blacksnakes as "Father", threatened to kill her if she ever tried to kill Throné while having her promise to never reveal the identity of the girl's birth mother. After inducting Throné into the Blacksnakes, Mother made it a habit to torture her for any sign of defiance. Over the years that followed, Mother would recruit children from orphanages among other locations into the Blacksnakes.

Holding a meeting among the Blacksnakes following the Diamante heist, Mother proceeds to repeatedly whip Throné after Scaracci ratted the latter out as the cause of losing a client for the heist's failure. But Pirro intervenes on Throné's behalf, with Mother beating him before ending the meeting early to leave New Delsta in search of new recruits while Father makes the finishing touches in selecting their successor.

If Throné decides to go after Mother first, she tracks her down to the Mother’s Garden orphanage at Wellgrove. But Mother saw through Throné's disguise and used an inductee named Mira to lure Throné to Blackbell Tower to punish her. But Mother ends up mortally wounded, regretting not being able to kill Throné when she had the chance with the latter taking her life when she refuses to hand over her key, despite Mira's protests, which causes her to never forgive Throné.
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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

 (100%)

**Stats**

 480
 420
 295
 235

 250
 190
 155
 115

**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

**Mother** will begin battle with a Mother's Aide by her side.

At 75% of her maximum health, **Mother** will use **Whip of Terror**, imbuing her whip with the ability to inflict  **Terror** with each attack.

At 50% of her maximum health, **Mother** will engage in a scripted conversation with Throné, revealing to **Throné** details regarding her birth mother, Marietta.

At 40% of her maximum health, **Mother** will increase her maximum shields to 9 and increase her actions per turn to 2.

At 20% of her maximum health, **Mother** will increase her maximum shields to 11.

### Abilities

* **Lashing of Love:** Applies a permanent  **Increased Physical Attack** buff and inflicts  **Terror** to **Mother's Aide**.
* ***Obey me, you abominable worm!*:** Induces **Mother's Aide** to enter boost mode for 1 turn. **Mother's Aide** will use **Ominous Shudder** if not broken before his next action.

* **Whip of Terror:** Used at 75% of **Mother's** maximum health. Enhances **Mother's** physical attacks to also inflict  **Terror**.

* ***You really want Mother's whip, don't you!?*:** Used at 40% of **Mother's** maximum health. The following occurs:
	+ **Mother** increases her maximum shields to 9.
	+ **Mother** increases her actions per turn to 2.

* ***Mother's face contorts in rage!*:** Used at 20% of **Mother's** maximum health. The following occurs:
	+ **Mother** increases her maximum shields to 12.

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Punishment:** Strong physical attack, single target.
* **Bind:** Inflicts  **Unconsciousness** on a single target for 2-3 turns.
* **Double Lashing:** Physical attack, targets random allies. Hits twice.
* **Mother Knows Best:** Inflict  **Terror** on a single target for 3-4 turns.
* **Pliant Whip:** Physical attack, targets entire party.
* **Elation:** Buff. **Mother** gains  **Increased Physical Attack** and  **Increased Physical Defense** for 5 turns.
* **Mother's Love:** Inflict  **Terror** on all allies for 3 turns.

* ***Let me hear you scream...*:** **Mother** enters boost mode for 1 turn. Uses **Fierce Lashing** if not broken before **Mother's** next action.
	+ **Fierce Lashing:** Physical attack, targets entire party. Hits 3 times. Each hit has a chance to inflict  **Terror** for 1-3 turns.

### Minions

* Mother's Aide
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## Battle

### Item Drop (Rate %)

None

**Stats**

 460
 390
 270
 230

 250
 155
 105
 95

**Status Effect Effectiveness**

### Immune

* **Attack:** Physical attack, single target.
* **Shoulder Smash:**
* **Eye Gouge:**
* **Flay Skin:**
* **Rip Jugular:**
* **Ominous Shudder:**

## Trivia

* Mother takes after Helgenish in both being abusive guardians to a girl who becomes a member of a group of eight protagonists.