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A dragon said to dwell in the Rhone River of central France. It is the child of the sea creature Leviathan and the monster Onachus. The Tarasque has the head of a lion and a sharp, pointed tail. It has a turtle-like shell covered with countless thorns on its back, and it breathes poison gas and leaves flaming droppings in its wake. It has a ferocious nature and will catch and eat human children and young women.

While on a journey to preach the Gospel, The Christian saint Martha visited the village or Nerluc, where the Tarasque lived. When the beast attacked her, she did not waver, but Held out her crucifix and sprinkled holy water on it, and the Tarasque became docile. Drawn by this amazing sight, the villagers gathered and attacked the beast en masse and drove it away.

The place where the Tarasque was defeated was named Tarascon. There, people celebrate the Tarasque Festival each year on the last Saturday in June. A woman dressed as Saint Martha and a float shaped like the Tarasque parade through town, commemorating the legendary event.

Demon Statistics
	Name
	Tarasque
	Alignment
	Chaos
	Family	Dragon	Race	Evil Dragon
	Inheritance Type	Blunt	Growth Type	Small Tiwaz
	Base Level	17	Force Slot	5
	HP	254	Melee	51
	MP	60	Ranged	29
	Strength	33	Spell	28
	Magic	12	Support	20
	Vitality	30	Phy. Defense	23
	Intelligence	30	Mgc. Defense	7
	Speed	10	Crt. Occurrence	37
	Luck	14	Crt. Avoidance	24
	Locations Found	Celu Tower (Silver)
	Variations	Nightmare, Deformed Tarasque
	Drops
	DCM Location	Dropped by Embodiment of Form Odin (Celu Tower Silver)