Lord of the Forest

**Lord of the Forest** is an enemy in *Octopath Traveler*. It is the second boss of H’aanit’s story.

## Story

H’aanit, alongside Linde and Hägen, journey into the Spectrewood in the Highlands in search of Z'aanta. They are soon confronted by the Lord of the Forest.

## Battle

The Lord of the Forest will begin the battle with 7 shields, but will gain more (see below).

* **Quagmire:** Physical attack, single target. Chance to inflict silence.
* **Compost:** Physical attack, single target. Chance to inflict unconsciousness.
* ***Wind rushes through the trees...*:** Lord of the Forest enters boost mode for one turn. Uses **Forest Ire** if not broken by Lord of the Forest's next action. May be used as a free action during its turn.
	+ **Forest Ire:** Elemental damage, . Targets entire party.
* **Consume Life:** Used when Lord of the Forest recovers from a break while under 50% of its maximum HP. All of the following effects are applied each time:
	+ Reduces HP of a single ally to 1 and restores Lord of the Forest's health by damage dealt
	+ ***The Lord of the Forest drinks of your lifeblood!***
		- Weaknesses changes to the next set of weaknesses
		- Shield points increases by 1. There does not appear to be an upper limit to the maximum shield but is presumed to cap at 99.
* ***Life returns to the forest!*:** Summons 2 of each minion in the following order. Each group of minions may only be summoned once during the battle:
	+ Weeping Treant
	+ Toxic Spore
	+ Flitting Fungoid
	+ ***But it quickly withers away...*:** Lord of the Forest fails to summon any more minions once all three minion groups have been summoned. No additional minions can be summoned for the rest of the battle.
* **Circle of Life:** Consumes summoned minions, healing self for 5000 HP and gaining  **Increased Elemental Attack** for 4 turns.

* Weeping Treant
* Toxic Spore
* Flitting Fungoid
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* **Attack** - Standard physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Blinding Sting** - Physical attack. Hits single target once. Chance to inflict  **Blindness** for 2-4 turns.
* **Body Bash** - Physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Withering Tree** - Physical attack. Hits entire party once.

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* **Attack** - Standard physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Slumber Spore** - Physical attack. Hits single target once. Chance to inflict  **Sleep** for 2-4 turns.
* **Body Bash** - Physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Strengthening Spore** - Buff. Applies  **Increased Physical Attack** and  **Increased Elemental Attack** to all enemies for 4 turns.

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* **Attack** - Standard physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Body Bash** - Physical attack. Hits single target once.
* **Silencing Root** - Elemental damage to all party members. Chance to inflict  **Silence** for 2-4 turns.
* **Proliferation** - Summons an additional Flitting Fungoid to the battlefield at full health. May only be used if one Flitting Fungoid has been defeated.

## Gallery

Lord of the Forest BattlefieldLord of the Forest before battle.
## Trivia

* The Lord of the Forest has the highest amount of HP of all the Chapter 2 bosses.
* If the Lord of the Forest is defeated while its minions are still alive, all the minions will disappear as well, regardless of minion health.
* It is left ambiguous if the Lord of the Forest is mortal or a guardian spirit, though it being a deer made out of woven wood implies that it's the latter.
* H'aanit refers to the Lord of the Forest as if she's familiar with it, suggesting that this creature is well-known in hunting lore.