Nian

Nian
Affiliation	Canthan New Year
Type	Not specified
Level(s)	28 (30)
Campaign	Factions

Nian are divine or demonic creatures usually lurking deep in the sea. During the Canthan New Year, they are attracted to human settlements, to which they are liable to bring bad luck. As a result, residents go to great pains to drive them away.

Locations

• Shing Jea Island
  • Panjiang Peninsula (during The Big Bang)

Skills

• Invulnerability (monster skill)

Notes

• The only way to defeat Nian is by using fireworks while they are within your Danger Zone.
• They are not fleshy, since they sink into the ground rather than leave corpses.
• This creature has a miniature version.

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Trivia

• The Nian (年) is a legendary creature from Chinese mythology. It comes around the time of the lunar New Year and is said to be scared away by fireworks.
  • The Chinese ideogram is: 年獸 [nian shou] = 年 year + 獸 beast.
• Nian were designed by Wei-Che (Jason) Juan.