Fierce Face

Artwork of a demon from Final Fantasy Adventure

The Fierce Face, also known as Demon, Demon Head or Fierce Head, is a recurring enemy in the Mana series. They are depicted as giant disembodied fiend head who can often cast devilish magic to hinder their opponent.

General Information

Physical Description

Earlier depictions of the Fierce Face had them as a blue head of a demon floating above ground with a horn on its forehead. Some remakes of said games removed the horn and have them earrings instead. Starting Legend of Mana, the Fierce Face was surrounded by ghostly fire and an extra horn was added. They attack by casting powerful fire or dark magic depending on the installment, as well as firing laser beams and biting their enemies.

Attributes

Fierce Faces prefer to live in dark or desertic environments like hot deserts, caverns, etc. Being demonic creatures, they also enjoy lurking in forsaken temples, eerie ruins, or other evil-infested areas.

The dark element is their sustenance and therefore resist magic of this kind. In some games, they are also strong against fire spells. The best way to make them disappear is to pelt them with light magic.

Variants

The Fierce Face has a few stronger variants.

• Mean Mask, also known as the Fiend Head, is a yellow or green variant of the demonic head.

• The Dark Fierce Face is a stronger variant of the Fierce Face found in Sword of Mana. It replaces it once the player has slain 1,000 of them.

Appearances

Final Fantasy Adventure/Adventures of Mana

“You will become a servant of evil!”

—Translated Quote

Main article: Demon (Adventures of Mana)

The Demon takes the shape of a disembodied head that only appears in the Temple of Mana and is among the last enemies of the game to show up. It is among the toughest of all regular monsters, boasting high HP, high attack and defense power, in addition to inflicting the Dark status on collision. Defeating it reward the player with lots of experience and gold and can even either grant a Hi-Ether or the elusive Samurai Helm as a rare drop.

In Adventures of Mana, Demons retain their slow movement.

Secret of Mana

“Fierce Head (Dark) -- Uses magic and beam attacks.”

—Secret of Mana Official Game Secrets, (page 161)

Main article: Fierce Head (Secret of Mana)

The Fierce Head is a monster located inside the Palace of Darkness and the Underground City. It generates Grave Bats to help them in battle, can cast Dark Force and Exploder, and pygmyze party members with their beam attack. It has a lot of HP, but players can be rewarded after defeating them since they drop Unicorn helms.

Legend of Mana

“FIERCE FACE -- Demonic -- STR: Salamander ; WK: Undine -- A flaming monster-head that floats in the air.”

—In-Game Encyclopedia

Main article: Fierce Face (Legend of Mana)

Fierce Faces are demonic-type enemies which can be encountered in Duma Desert and in The Flames. They have a vast array of spells that can be used to inflict different status aliments, such as mini or flame burst. Their spoils may contain an equippable helmet. Enemy Fierce Faces sport blue flames while pets have orange ones.

Players can obtain a pet Fierce Face if they search for a demonic monster egg in the Jungle. Their Synchro ability temporarily protect the player character against Flame Burst.

Sword of Mana

Main article: Fierce Face (Sword of Mana)

Fierce Faces are demon-type creatures whose prime sense is their DarkViz. They can be encountered at night in the Glass Desert. Their breath can turn players into miniature versions of themselves. They can be killed with Undine or Wisp spells or even with bashing weapons.

Children of Mana

Main article: Fierce Face (Children of Mana)

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Fierce Face.

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  Adventures of Mana 3D model

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  Secret of Mana remake 3D model

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	デーモン (FFA) デーモンヘッド (SoM) Dēmon (FFA) Dēmonheddo (SoM)	Demon (FFA) Demon Head (SoM)
Spanish	Cabeza feroz	Fierce face
French	Férocio (SNES) Visage féroce (remake)	Corruption of féroce (fierce) Fierce face
German	Satansmaske (SNES) Dämonenkopf (remake)	Satan Mask Demon head
Italian	Volto Maligno	Malignant Face

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