Xamnial the Beastmaster

From Hyrule

A man with skills like no others, Xamnial is known as 'The Beastmaster' among the Hakiems Tribe. He holds incredible powers of animals, enabling him to control any number of creatures at any time, including Zaboorak's many creations. He wields a staff with one end shaped like an eagle with a pearl in its beak.

Xamnial has brown eyes and long brown hair, and sports the traditional Hakiem's robe. He stands at 5' 9", and is adept at hand to hand combat. Like all hunters, he enjoys battle and adores utilizing the strengths of his beast armies to rip apart his opponents. His greatest ability, Primal Spirit, even allows him to transform himself into one of his fallen beast allies, supplementing his already amazing strength with that of the wild animals he commands.

He was the main opponent of the adventurers when they visited the Shrine of Spirit, and was only defeated when Koura unleashed the Gerudo Goldforce upon him (FoG VI). This was thought to have killed him, but after the failed attack on North Castle he was confirmed to be alive when Zaboorak suggested using him in a key role on their retaliation strike (FoG VIII).

[edit] Known Abilities

Beast Enragement--can only be used if Calm Beast has been used successfully. Returns all beasts to the battle and doubles every beast's STR until the end of their next attack. 5 SPL.

Kakris Summoning--for each SPL given up, calls forth one Kakris Beetle.

Magical Refreshment--can only be used if SPL is less than 10. Removes user from combat for two turns; when returned, his SPL is full again.

Animalic Cunning--for one turn, no beasts can miss their targets. Can be used only once every four turns.

Primal Spirit--Xamnial's most powerful technique. It transforms Xamnial into any beast that has fallen thus far in the battle in exchange for all his SPL. All stats become whichever of the two were greater. When his new form loses all HP, the caster returns to his Sheikah form with the stats returned to prior the casting.