Cassowary

Cassowary (Home World)
Japanese Name	テングルフ (Tengurufu)

Location

Shadow Forest

Cassowary (Home World) HP Innate Attack 500 Yellow 41 Magic Attack Defense Magic Defense 10 32 Drop (Common) Drop (Rare) Steal (Common) Mythril Nostrum Sight Scope Steal (Rare) Absorbs Immune Nostrum n/a n/a

Cassowary (Another World) HP Innate Attack 100 Yellow 14 Magic Attack Defense Magic Defense 10 1 0 Drop (Common) Drop (Rare) Steal (Common) Uplift Feather Ivory Mail Steal (Rare) Absorbs Immune ElectroJolt n/a

The Cassowary is an enemy appearing in Chrono Cross. Found solely in the Shadow Forest, these bird-like humanoid creatures are commonly seen towards the back of said location. They use intricately-designed scepters as their weapons of choice, which they use to bash their targets, alongside various punches and kicks. Cassowaries also use a fairly wide range of Yellow elements, alongside their unique personal tech, TheOld1-2-3. If the player chooses to take Nikki's route to Viper Manor, three Cassowaries may be fought as bosses. A Cassowary may also be fought in the final round of the Grand Slam tournament.

Element Grid

[ LoRes-3 ] [ LoRes-2 ] [ LoRes-1 ] [ @TheOld1-2-3 ]
[ Uplift ] [ Uplift+1 ] [ HiRes-1 ] [ @TheOld1-2-3 ] [ @TheOld1-2-3 ] [ AntiGreen+3 ]
[ @Doppelgang ]

Name Origin

Cassowaries in real life are ratites, very large flightless birds. In this case, the Cassowary enemy is observed to be fairly large, and are also unable to fly, hence making the name a befitting one.

The Japanese name of the Cassowary enemy is, in actuality, a combination of Tengu and Rufu. Tengu (天狗, "heavenly dogs") are a class of supernatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Although the name was taken from a dog-like Chinese demon, the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally deep nose. Rufu are also known as rocs or rukhs. A roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey, often white, reputed to have been able to carry off and eat elephants. (Information taken from Chrono Compendium).