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Mythical compendium

Meet the beings of forest, sea and sky. Explore their lore and the different forms they take in Bathala, from the overworld to the battlefield.

The game reinterprets Philippine folklore. Health and attack shown here are base values; difficulty and combat effects can change them.

Chapter 1: The Enchanted Forest

Chapter 1 bossFlame Warden
Kapre Shade, full combat sprite
Kapre Grove Warden

Boss · Apoy

Kapre Shade

Massive tree-dwelling giants who smoke enormous cigars. Once Bathala's appointed guardians of sacred groves, the engkanto's corruption has unleashed centuries of pent-up rage, turning their protective smoke into choking infernos.

General, smokers (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
600 HP
Base attack
42
Before the fight
Smell that smoke? A hundred years I guarded this forest. The engkanto said: "Let the forest answer to YOU." I AM the forest now - its rage, its fire. Burn with me.
Kapre Shade in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Kapre Shade overworld marker
Overworld marker

Boss appearances

Amomongo, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Lupa · Ape Stalker

Amomongo

An ape-like creature from Negros with razor-sharp nails that attacks livestock and travelers from cave lairs.

Visayan, cave-dweller (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
160 HP
Base attack
15
Before the fight
You intrude upon the caves of Negros! Nails long as daggers - the engkanto sharpened my claws and pointed them at you!
Amomongo in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Amomongo overworld marker
Overworld marker
Balete Wraith, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Tree-Bound Haunt

Balete Wraith

Spectral remnants bound to balete fig trees - ancient spirit portals now warped by the engkanto's lies.

General, haunted figs (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
150 HP
Base attack
15
Before the fight
These roots once held a doorway for anito spirits. Now the door swings only one way - and what comes through is me.
Balete Wraith in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Balete Wraith overworld marker
Overworld marker
Bungisngis, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Lupa · Laughing Brute

Bungisngis

One-eyed laughing giants once jovial and friendly, now driven to rage by the engkanto's corruption.

Tagalog/Cebuano, grinning giants (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
200 HP
Base attack
36
Before the fight
BWAHAHAHAHA! So small, so serious! I am the laughing giant with one eye! The engkanto taught me a new joke - where only I laugh at the end!
Bungisngis in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Bungisngis overworld marker
Overworld marker
Duwende Trickster, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Lupa · Mound Caster

Duwende Trickster

Tiny mound-dwelling goblins who grant boons or curses. Once mischievous, now malicious under the engkanto's influence.

General, goblins (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
130 HP
Base attack
12
Before the fight
Tabi-tabi po! Ha! You forgot to ask permission! The engkanto taught us new tricks - and my mischief has teeth!
Duwende Trickster in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Duwende Trickster overworld marker
Overworld marker
Sigbin Charger, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Lupa · Dusk Prowler

Sigbin Charger

Goat-like nocturnal creatures that walk backward and collect hearts for dark amulets.

Visayan, goat-like eaters (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
220 HP
Base attack
30
Before the fight
Smell that? The stench of fear! I am the sigbin - the hearts I steal now feed a darker master than any amulet ever did!
Sigbin Charger in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Sigbin Charger overworld marker
Overworld marker
Tikbalang Scout, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Path Corrupter

Tikbalang Scout

Tikbalang are tall, bony humanoids with the head and hooves of a horse. Once protectors of mountain trails, they now confuse travelers with backward hooves under the engkanto's corruption.

Tagalog, mountain tricksters (Samar, 2019)

Base health
180 HP
Base attack
21
Before the fight
Ha! My hooves face backward, mortal - the engkanto taught me to lead you in and never let you out! The false one's whispers guide my trails now!
Tikbalang Scout in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Tikbalang Scout overworld marker
Overworld marker
Tiyanak Ambusher, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Apoy · Lure Spawn

Tiyanak Ambusher

Demonic infants who mimic the cries of abandoned babies to lure travelers into forest ambushes.

General, demon babies (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
170 HP
Base attack
18
Before the fight
A baby crying in the dark? Your heart says help - your instincts say run. The tiyanak knows your compassion. It is the sweetest bait.
Tiyanak Ambusher in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Tiyanak Ambusher overworld marker
Overworld marker
Mangangaway, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Hangin · Night Hexer

Mangangaway

Sorcerers wearing skull necklaces who cast evil spells and hexes. Once healers who broke kapwa's sacred laws.

Tagalog, witches (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
300 HP
Base attack
33
Before the fight
Fates reverse at MY command! Each skull was a patient I could not save - then the engkanto whispered: 'Why heal when you can hex?' Every prayer I learned, I now speak BACKWARDS!
Mangangaway in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Mangangaway overworld marker
Overworld marker
Tawong Lipod, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Hangin · Veiled Guardian

Tawong Lipod

Invisible Bikol wind beings who were once harmonious with nature. Now they torment travelers with unseen assaults.

Bikol, wind fairies (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
300 HP
Base attack
30
Before the fight
Can you see me? Of course not. We are tawong lipod - the invisible wind people. The engkanto armed our wind with thorns. Feel the fury of what you cannot see!
Tawong Lipod in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Tawong Lipod overworld marker
Overworld marker

Chapter 2: The Submerged Barangays

Chapter 2 bossMoon Devourer
Bakunawa, full combat sprite
Bakunawa Eclipse Devourer

Boss · Tubig

Bakunawa

The great serpent who devours the moon, causing eclipses. The lunar devourer of the submerged depths.

Bicolano/Visayan, eclipse serpent (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
900 HP
Base attack
42
Before the fight
SEVEN MOONS I devoured! The engkanto promised freedom for each - but the chains only multiplied! I am the Bakunawa, and my hunger has become the sea itself!
Bakunawa in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Bakunawa overworld marker
Overworld marker

Boss appearances

Berbalang, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Flesh Seer

Berbalang

Vampire-like creature that can separate its upper body to hunt. Feeds on corpses and the drowned.

Sulu, astral hunters (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
208 HP
Base attack
24
Before the fight
Ghoul hunger rises from Sulu! I am berbalang - I split my spirit to hunt through the dark. The engkanto taught me to hunger for the living as well as the dead!
Berbalang in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Berbalang overworld marker
Overworld marker
Berberoka Lurker, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Tubig · Current Trapper

Berberoka Lurker

Water creature that swallows victims whole, lurking in rivers and changing size to trap prey.

Apayao, water suckers (Samar, 2019)

Base health
256 HP
Base attack
24
Before the fight
The river looks shallow, does it not? Come closer. I swallow the water to make it seem safe, then RELEASE it all at once. The engkanto made me greedier.
Berberoka Lurker in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Berberoka Lurker overworld marker
Overworld marker
Kataw, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Tubig · Abyssal Warrior

Kataw

Half-human half-fish sea rulers who command the waves. Guardians of the ocean depths.

Bisaya, sea rulers (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
224 HP
Base attack
21
Before the fight
The seas bow to my rule! I am kataw - king of the Bisaya waters! The engkanto promised dominion over ALL waters. What king refuses a larger kingdom?
Kataw in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Kataw overworld marker
Overworld marker
Magindara Swarm, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Tubig · Shoal Siren

Magindara Swarm

Beautiful mermaids with enchanting voices that travel in swarms. Once protective, now flesh-eaters.

Bicolano, flesh-eaters (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
120 HP
Base attack
15
Before the fight
Our beauty veils our venom! Three voices sing as one - the magindara of Bicol. The engkanto showed us beauty is the cruelest weapon!
Magindara Swarm in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Magindara Swarm overworld marker
Overworld marker
Santelmo Flicker, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Apoy · Wandering Ember

Santelmo Flicker

Fire spirits appearing as floating flames near water, based on St. Elmo's fire phenomenon.

Visayan, St.

Base health
160 HP
Base attack
21
Before the fight
I am santelmo - the fire on the waves! My light once guided Bathala's messengers through the night sky. The engkanto turned my guiding flame into consuming fire!
Santelmo Flicker in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Santelmo Flicker overworld marker
Overworld marker
Sirena Illusionist, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Tubig · Tide Enchantress

Sirena Illusionist

Enchanting mermaids who use illusions and healing magic. Once benevolent guardians of coastal waters.

General, mermaids (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
240 HP
Base attack
18
Before the fight
Do you hear my song? It once guided fishermen safely home. The engkanto rewrote my lyrics - now it lures you to depths where the current has teeth.
Sirena Illusionist in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Sirena Illusionist overworld marker
Overworld marker
Siyokoy Raider, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Tubig · Deep Marauder

Siyokoy Raider

Aggressive male sea creatures with webbed limbs and scales. Warriors of the deep who drag victims beneath the waves.

General, scaled drowners (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
320 HP
Base attack
27
Before the fight
These scales are the weight of the drowned! I am siyokoy - the engkanto promised every soul I drag down would free my own. LIES - but the dragging feels true!
Siyokoy Raider in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Siyokoy Raider overworld marker
Overworld marker
Apoy-Tubig Fury, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Apoy · Elemental Rift

Apoy-Tubig Fury

Elemental fusion of fire and water. Unstable and dangerous, representing the duality of Act 2.

Visayan, elemental conflicts (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
408 HP
Base attack
30
Before the fight
Two elements FORCED together by the engkanto's cruelty! Fire drowning in water! Water boiling in flame! We are that war made flesh!
Apoy-Tubig Fury in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Apoy-Tubig Fury overworld marker
Overworld marker
Sunken Bangkilan, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Tubig · Reef Skirmisher

Sunken Bangkilan

Cursed spirits from sunken villages. Shape-shifting sorceresses seeking revenge on the living.

Adaptation, Mangkukulam-related (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
420 HP
Base attack
33
Before the fight
Curses bubble from the abyss! I am bangkilan - sorceress of drowned villages, shape-shifter of stolen faces. The engkanto gave me the faces of the dead. Shall I wear YOURS?
Sunken Bangkilan in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Sunken Bangkilan overworld marker
Overworld marker

Chapter 3: The Skyward Citadel

Chapter 3 bossUsurper God
False Bathala, full combat sprite
Bound Spirits

Boss · Hangin

False Bathala

The corrupted impostor claiming to be the supreme deity. Born from the fusion of Ulilang Kaluluwa (serpent) and Galang Kaluluwa (winged spirit), revived by the engkanto to pervert Bathala's throne.

Tagalog myth adaptation (Jocano, 1969)

Base health
1200 HP
Base attack
48
Before the fight
BOW to the merged god! Serpent and winged one - fused by the engkanto into a form Bathala never achieved! We ROSE from the grave. We are GOD. We are... we are...
False Bathala in the almanacAlmanac artwork
False Bathala overworld marker
Overworld marker

Boss appearances

Alan, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Sky Weaver

Alan

Winged humanoid spirits with reversed toes. Once adopted lost children, now strike from corrupted skies.

Bikol, bird-people (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
192 HP
Base attack
27
Before the fight
Half-bird fury descends! I am alan - winged spirit with backward toes. The engkanto said: 'Why adopt the lost when you can DEVOUR them?'
Alan in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Alan overworld marker
Overworld marker
Bulalakaw Flamewings, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Comet Reaper

Bulalakaw Flamewings

Meteor spirits that streak across the sky, burning with celestial fire. Omens of illness and disaster.

General, sky streakers (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
264 HP
Base attack
27
Before the fight
COMETS BLAZE! I am the bulalakaw - meteor-bird whose streak once heralded change! The engkanto set my course toward DESTRUCTION!
Bulalakaw Flamewings in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Bulalakaw Flamewings overworld marker
Overworld marker
Diwata Sentinel, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Lupa · Nature Spirit

Diwata Sentinel

Divine nature spirits corrupted to guard the false god's citadel. Once guardians of sacred groves.

Visayan, protectors (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
304 HP
Base attack
27
Before the fight
I am diwata - once guardian of sacred groves, keeper of springs where life begins. The engkanto stationed me as SENTRY for a throne that should not exist!
Diwata Sentinel in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Diwata Sentinel overworld marker
Overworld marker
Ekek, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Carrion Herald

Ekek

Bird-like vampiric creature that hunts at night, feeding on blood and tongues of sleeping victims.

General, nocturnal suckers (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
176 HP
Base attack
21
Before the fight
Blood calls from the night sky! I am ekek - the bird-vampire. My tongue finds the pulse, and the feeding begins. The darkness makes all voices sound like truth.
Ekek in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Ekek overworld marker
Overworld marker
Minokawa Harbinger, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Sun Eater

Minokawa Harbinger

Giant bird that causes eclipses by swallowing the sun and moon. Herald of the false god.

Bagobo, cosmic devourers (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
224 HP
Base attack
24
Before the fight
ECLIPSES DEVOUR THE LIGHT! I am the Minokawa - when I swallow the sun, darkness falls. The engkanto said: 'Swallow HOPE itself!'
Minokawa Harbinger in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Minokawa Harbinger overworld marker
Overworld marker
Sarimanok Keeper, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Omen Sovereign

Sarimanok Keeper

The legendary bird of good fortune, now twisted to serve the false god. Symbol of Maranao prosperity.

Maranao, prosperity omens (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
240 HP
Base attack
24
Before the fight
Every feather a stolen fortune! I am the sarimanok - bird of Maranao prosperity! The engkanto gilded my cage and called it freedom!
Sarimanok Keeper in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Sarimanok Keeper overworld marker
Overworld marker
Tigmamanukan Watcher, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Common · Hangin · Fate Messenger

Tigmamanukan Watcher

Celestial prophetic bird that lives at the edge of creation. Once a divine messenger of Bathala.

Tagalog, divination birds (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
208 HP
Base attack
24
Before the fight
My wings cut omens into the sky! I am tigmamanukan - Bathala's prophetic bird. The engkanto rewrote my auguries. Every omen I bring now is a LIE!
Tigmamanukan Watcher in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Tigmamanukan Watcher overworld marker
Overworld marker
Apolaki Godling, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Apoy · Sun Champion

Apolaki Godling

Lesser manifestation of Apolaki, god of sun and war. Corrupted by the false Bathala to guard the citadel.

Tagalog, Bathala's son (Eugenio, 2001)

Base health
510 HP
Base attack
36
Before the fight
The SUN'S WRATH challenges you! I am a godling of Apolaki - god of war and the sun! The engkanto whispered: 'Your father's throne is empty. Take EVERYTHING.'
Apolaki Godling in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Apolaki Godling overworld marker
Overworld marker
Ribung Linti Duo, full combat sprite
Combat sprite

Elite · Apoy · Storm Ascendant

Ribung Linti Duo

Twin lightning spirits that strike in perfect synchronization. Ilocano storm beings of devastating power.

Ilocano, storm beings (Ramos, 1990)

Base health
270 HP
Base attack
30
Before the fight
STORMS STRIKE IN TANDEM! We are Ribung Linti - twin lightning of the Ilocano highlands! The engkanto made us the storm instead of its herald!
Ribung Linti Duo in the almanacAlmanac artwork
Ribung Linti Duo overworld marker
Overworld marker