Editing Blight knight

{{Monster Infobox
|title=Blight knight
|image=[[Image:DQIX Blight knight.png|275px]]
|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
|kanji=ヴァルハラー
|romanji={{tt|Baruharā|Valhalla}}
|firstappear=''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''
|monster1=[[Fright knight]]<br>[[Maeve]]<br>[[Night knight]]}}

The '''Blight knight''' is a recurring monster in the {{DQSeries}}, first appearing in ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''. It is a powerful skeletal warrior armed with a wicked broadsword.

==Characteristics==
Blight knights are large [[Undead family|skeletal]] swordsmen that wear a set of purple and grey armour, wielding a giant sword in one hand and a round shield in the other. Long ragged capes that drag along the ground are attached to their pauldrons. Their bones have been plundered from the bodies of warriors that fell in battle challenging them. In battle, the skeletal knights specialise in defensive tactics, casting '''Bounce''' on themselves to redirect enemy spells and launching counterattacks against would-be melee attackers. They are also capable of landing desperate attacks with their massive swords. In some spinoff games such as ''Stars'' and ''Super Light'', the blight knights have traded in their broadswords for a deadly [[Headsman's axe]] instead.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ9}}===
{{DQ9EnemyNew
|name=Blight knight
|kanji=ヴァルハラー
|romaji=Baruharā
|bestiaryNumber=#237
|family={{Undead}}
|description=These demonic masters of battle know no fear, and calmly await attacks, then counter them with catastrophic quickness. <br><br>They burgle the bones from brawny enemies they've beaten to beef up their bodies and get better at battle.  
|model=[[Image:Blight knight DQIX DS.png|100px]]
|hp=965
|mp=24
|exp=7,000
|gold=192
|attack=695
|defence=598
|agility=298
|spells=[[Bounce]]
|skills=[[Desperate attack]]<br>[[Counter Wait]]
|items=[[Skull helm]]{{fraction|1|64}}<br>[[Veteran's helm]]{{fraction|1|128}}
|locations = {{Grotto}} (Ice, rank 12)
|fire-resist=-50%
|ice-resist=50%
|wind-resist=0%
|blast-resist=0%
|rock-resist=0%
|dark-resist=50%
|light-resist=-50%
|drain-resist=0%
|whack-resist=100%
|poison-resist=100%
|paralysis-resist=100%
|fuddle-resist=100%
|snooze-resist=100%
|dazzle-resist=100%
|sap-resist=50%
|blunt-resist=50%
|deceleratle-resist=50%
|spooky-aura-resist=50%
|fizzle-resist=50%
|stun-resist=50%
|charm-resist=95%
}}

==Etymology==
The blight knight's Japanese name, [[Wikipedia:Valhalla|Valhalla]] (ヴァルハラー, ''Baruharā''), is a reference to a majestic hall in Norse mythology located in Asgard where half of the ''einherjar'', warriors who were chosen to battle in the afterlife, reside. It is ruled over by the god Odin.

[[Category:Norse mythology]]
[[Category:Zombie family]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest IX enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest of the Stars enemies]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest: Scan Battlers enemies]]

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